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Copyright, 1891. 



THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN THIS WORK BEING FROM 
ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND DRAWINGS, THEIR 
REPRODUCTION IN ANY FORM IS UNLAWFUL 




HE CITY OF CLEVELAND dates back to 1796 



when General Moses Cleaveland surveyed the 
land of the Connecticut "Western Reserve, and 
it was named after him. Some attempts Avere 
made to create a trade with the Indians, but 
they were not successful, for the Western Re- 
serve happened to be in the broad zone of no 
man's land which the Iroquois, like the ancient 
Germans, established as their mark or bound- 
ary. Cuyahoga is an Iroquois word, signifying 
Territory of the Holy something, for ga means 



precisely what the Angle word ga meant, a shire or county or division of 
land, and cu means holy or sacred, whilst the y is simply euphonic and 
the aho is untranslatable unless we accept it as identic with the Toltec 
aliau, pronounced aho, which meant sovereign pontiff. We constantly 
make the mistake of supposing that the Indians gave names to their rivers 
and lakes, which they never did. They distinguished them as belonging 
to certain tribes or individuals, and thus Cuyahoga was not the name of 
the river which was designated as the river of Cuyahoga. The Iroquois 
had a regular hierarchy, and it is possible that the head priest was styled 
cuyaho, or more correctly, Cuahau. If, therefore, we suppose the unin- 
habited region to be placed under his control to be blessed by him or 
banned by him as he thought proper, the name will become intelligent to 
us, and we shall understand precisely what the Iroquois meant by it. It 
is a singular coincidence, if it be only a coincidence, that the mar kl and of 
the Angles and Saxons was considered accursed for mortals except the 



priesthood, and was placed under the special power of Wotan, who was 
therefore called the Marcwulf. No man could enter the markland of a ga 
or shire, in England, without continually shouting or blowing a horn to 
announce his presence, as otherwise any man might murder him without 
becoming subject to the eric or blood fine. The Iroquois, who were un- 
questionably of Toltec origin, had similar ideas, aud we can therefore 
comprehend how hopeless was the attempt to establish an Indian trading 
post in the Cuyahoga or Iroquois markland. 

Cleveland, as the chief village of the Connecticut Western Reserve, 
was for a long time the point to which settlers, who intended to take up 
land in Northern Ohio, steered. These settlers were from New York and 
New England. But it was not a lake port of anj'- importance until the 
Ohio Canal, in 1827, made it the northern entrepot for the immense agri- 
cultural wealth of the State. The completion of another canal, nine years 
after, which united it with the sooty young giant of Western Pennsyl- 
vania, Pittsburgh, made it a lake port of the first rank. Hitherto, nobody 
had thought of exploring the entrails of the earth for mineral wealth, 
bat the example of Pittsburgh proved contagious, and Henry Newberry, 
father of the famous Earthquake Professor Newberry of Columbia College, 
discovered coal on lands which he owned near Akron. This was the com- 
mencement of the coal trade which has been such a constant source of 
revenue to Cleveland ever since. Yet it cannot be said that Cleveland 
gained its true development until the iron ore beds of Lake Superior were 
opened up. Then it was discovered that Cleveland was the true centre for 
a great iron industry, uniting the coal of eastern Ohio with this new 
source of iron ore, and having abundant lime, the necessary flux for iron 
furnaces. Then wealth began to pour into the city, and Euclid Avenue 



began to show symptoms of its coming greatness, for it ranks among the 
famous boulevards of the world, and no eastern city has anything that is 
quite equal to it in its splendid succession of lawns and villas, of excel- 
lent sidewalks, and fine driveway. The latter is somewhat dimmed at 
present by the all-pervading electric railway. Among those who at this 
season of Cleveland's nascent greatness distinguished themselves by 
commercial shrewdness and foresight, and who built magnificent villas 
on Eaclid Avenue, was L. E. Holden, who with his son, Dean Holden, are 
the builders and proprietors of the Hollenden Hotel, which it is the aim 
of this book to describe. Mr. Holden recently deserted the famous 
avenue, and established himself on the shore of the lake in close contig- 
uity to the famous Gfordon Park, whose owner has spent more than half 
a million in building a causeway along the lake shore. This drive is 
overshadowed by a bank lined with rhododendrons, and in early summer 
the place is a terrestrial paradise. In L. E. Holden' s villa is the famous 
gallery of old masters, some of them collected by himself and his wife, 
and others by James Jackson Jarves, who was for many years American 
Consul at Florence. Any guest at the Hollenden, intimating a wish to 
see the pictures, will receive the desired permission, and will have at the 
same time an opportunity to see Gordon Park, which may possibly 
become the property of the city through the munificence of its present 
owner. It is bounded to the southward by Wade Park, which stretches 
from Gordon Park to Sui^erior Street, in the neighborhood of the Case 
and Adelbert schools. Wade Park was bequeathed to the city by Mr. 
Wade, and if Mr: Gordon follows his example, Cleveland will then have 
a park of great extent and of matchless beauty, with the most pictur- 
esque drives, without any municipal expenditure whatever. 



I NDIVIDUALS, FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS EMPLOYED IN THE CON STRUCTION AND 



EQUIPMENT OF THE HOLLENDEN HOTEL, 



GENERAL CONSTROCTIOM- 

THOMAS SIMMONS, 
Cleveland. 



ARCHITECT. 

GEO. F. HAMMOND, 
Cleveland. 

fire-proofiNg tiles. 

HAYDENVILLE MINING & MFG. CO., 



Haydenville, Ohio. 



PLUMBING. 

PETER DESN OVERS, 
Cleveland. 



ENCAUSTIC TILES. 

LOW ART TILE CO., 
Boston. 



CARPENTRY- 

J. W. VANDERWERF, 
Cleveland. 

MINERAL V/OOL. 

WESTERN MINERAL WOOL CO., 
Chicago and Cleveland. 



MARBLES. 

DAVIDSON & SONS, 
Chicago and New Vorlc. 



Hardware. 

THE W. BINGHAM CO., 
Cleveland. 



BARRETT ELEVATOR CO., 
Cleveland. 



STEAM PUMPS. ELEVATORS. 

HUGHES STEAM PUMP CO., 
Cleveland. 

GAS AND ELECTRIC FIXTURES 

CONGER & COLLINGS CO., 
Cleveland 



Wire latHiNg. 

new jersey wire cloth co., 

Trenton, N.J. 



STEAM Heating. 

CHAFER & BECKER, 
Cleveland. 



coLd storage rooms. 

wickes refrigerator co., 

Chicago and Rochester, 



CABINET Work OF office, bar aNd biLLiard room. 

WOODS, JENKS & CO., 
Cleveland. 



polished and chipped PLATE glass. 



THE VAN CLEVE GLASS CO., 
Cleveland. 



Hardwood fiNisH iN reading aNd diNiNg rooms 

l. richardson, 

Cle\'eland. 

KitcHeN ranges aNd UteNsiLs. 

the born steel range & mfg. co., 

Cleveland. 

LAUNDRY MACHINERY- BILLIARD TABLES. 

EMPIRE LAUNDRY MACHINERY CO., BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER CO 
Boston and New York. New York, Cine innati and Chicago. 

BARBER CHAIRS. 

ARCHER MFG. CO. 
Rochester, N. Y. 



PILLOWS aNd beddiNg. 

THE COLD BLAST FEATHER CO., 
Chicago. 



STAINED GLASS. 

GEO. F. WOODMAN, 
Cleveland. 



LINeNS and DRAPERIES. 

WILLIAM TAY'LOR, SON & CO., 
Cleveland. 



CHINA AND GLASS WARE. 

I. T. BOWMAN & SONS, 
Cleveland. 



STERLING AND PLATED WARES. 

GORHAM MFG. CO., 
New York. 



ERIE ICE CO., 
Cleveland. 



TOILET PAPER FIXTURES. 

HOYT'S PATENT CABINET, SCOTT PAPER CO., LIMITED, 
Philadelphia. 

GAS AND electric globes AND CUT GLASS WARE. 

PHCENIX GLASS COMPANY, 
New York and Pittsburgh. 

PLASTER MODELS, Wood carViNgs aNd stUcco WorK- 

HEIDENREICH & STEPHAN, 
Cleveland. 



COAL. 

GOFF-KIRBY COAL CO., 
Cleveland. 



LEVELAND is fast becoming a city of lofty struc- 
tures, nor can it be said that in erecting buildings 
that pierce the sky it has endeavored to imitate 
any other city. The age demands concentration, 
and concentration makes lofty buildings possible. 
We should be unjust to the world if we were to 
imagine that no one before our day had discovered 
the economy of high edifices, but they were not built 
because there was not sufficient concentration of population to make them 
remunerative. L. Dean Holden & Co., who are the proprietors of the Hol- 
lenden Hotel, knew before they gave one word of instruction to their archi- 
tect, Mr. Geo. F. Hammond, that their venture had all the elements of suc- 
cess. So, in obedience to their orders, he built them a hotel which would be 
remarkable in any city, however great, and would be a matter of local 
pride everywhere and anywhere. Such is the force of prejudice tliat the 
New Yorker, or the Bostonian, or the Chicagoan who, on paying a 
visit to Cleveland, finds himself the inmate of this palatial structure, can 
not avoid being surprised that it should be in Cleveland, a city that is 
not in everyone's mouth. But a moment's reflection will convince such an 
one that Cleveland has always been abreast of the times, and has been in 
the habit of doing great things and making no boast of them. Through- 
out these United States there are representative cities known to every 
foreigner, and there are others equally representative that are only 
known to every American. Cleveland is one of the latter. In such cities 
one is always astonished at the admirable hotels and the really remark- 
able cuisine to be enjoyed there. The standard of the cities that do not 




brag is always a very high one, and Cleveland is only one of a cluster of 
cities that make no boast, and yet have an extraordinary number of first- 
class hotels. To be first among these is by no means a light matter, and 
yet such is the fact with regard to the Hollenden Hotel. 

Mr. Hammond, from the force of circumstances, was unable to give 
to the exterior any impressive architectural features. The one considera- 
tion that was dominant in the planning, was to put at the disposal of 
every gaest the greatest amount of luxurious comfort possible, and, as 
bay windows contribute thereto in a measureable degree, bay windows 
gave the key to the architecture. Yet the site of the hotel gave an 
admirable opportunity, for the hotel is at the corner of Superior and 
Bond streets, and the former is a splendid thoroughfare, not surpassed 
by the famous avenues of Chicago or those of New York. To the Cleve- 
lander, indeed, Euclid Avenue is the one in which he chiefly delights, 
but to the impartial stranger within the gates, so to speak, of the Hollen- 
den, there is no comparison between the two, and Superior Street is the 
royal road of the great city of Lake Erie. The Hollenden is the last 
business structure up to date, and its towering walls have for a neighbor 
a charming little villa, the last of a long line of villas. 

But it is not to be supposed that these homes will be able to main- 
tain themselves before the advancing tide of commerce. The growth of 
all the lake cities will be unprecedented in the next decade, because in 
some mysterious way they have become the heart of the land, represent- 
ing American ideas far more fully than ever did the once great cities on 
the Atlantic seaboard. The future is with them, and they will increase 
until all the great Northwest, in Canada as well as in the United States, 
has been built up. To-day the Hollenden is the advance guard of com- 
merce, uniting the elements of business and society, but before the 
World's Fair is over there will be outposts far beyond it, and it will be a 
part of the main body. 




SUPERIOR STREET. 



HollendeN Hotel. 



BOND STREET. 




HE HOLLENDEN HOTEL is built mostly upon sandy 
soil, but in several places it consists of clay. It 
required careful calculation on the pai't of tlie architect 
to insure equality in the settlement, which has been 
remarkably uniform. The depth of the foundation 
below the grade of the street is from nine to thirteen 
feet. The footings are of ample width, and laid in 



sandstone from ten to twelve inches thick, obtained from quarries at 
Berea, Ohio, and supplied by the Cleveland Stone Co. Thomas Simmons 
of Cleveland did all the masonry work in connection with the building, 
and was the general contractor for the erection of the main portion of 
the structure. The exterior of the building is plain, even bordering on 
austereness, it being the aim of the architect to produce an edifice that 
would have no distinctive period or date set upon it, to so construct the 
fa(;'ade that the effect of liglit and shade would produce the chief charac- 
teristics of its masses. In short, to produce a building composed of 
smooth surfaces which would not become easily soiled by the soot-laden 
atmosphere of the busy manufacturing City of Cleveland. It has a 
frontage of 133 feet on Superior Street and a depth of 356 feet on Bond 
Street. The main angle is surmounted by a tower 35 feet square at the 
base, extending 60 feet above the general roof, and there is a iiag-pole 
that extends 48 feet higher, or 200 feet from the sidewalk. The front 
elevations are of blue Amherst stone produced from the quarries of the 
Cleveland Stone Co., at Amherst, Ohio. In every particular the con- 
struction has been carried out in the most thorough manner, and is fire- 
proof. Most hotels that lay claim to fire-proof qualities are frequently 
found not to possess the features so essential to such methods of build- 
ing, and while the erection of many of them is largely of iron and steel 
beams and terra cotta arches, the lack of fire-proofing materials at certain 



vital points, however few in number tliey may be, has frequently been 
the cause of the destruction of such hotels by fire. In the Hollenden 
fire-proof construction has been carried out where special advantage 
might be derived from it, but a large portion of the building is f re-proof 
with wood and terra cotta. The latter was manufactured by the Hayden- 
ville Mining & Manufacturing Company, from a superior quality of 
fire-clay. While the idea of fire-proofing with wood, which under cer- 
tain circumstances is very combustible, may seem paradoxical, it will be 
acknowledged that heavy floors and thick and solid girders cannot warp 
as readily as steel and iron beams. Then when the outer surface is pro- . 
tected by terra cotta slabs there can be no danger of its destruction by 
fire. All structural, hence vital, portions of this hotel are secured from 
the effects of fire by hollow terra cotta tiles, and there can be no question 
as to its fire-proof construction. In addition to this there is increased 
protection afforded by a layer of mineral wool furnished by the Western 
Mineral Wool Company, which is placed below the flooring in each story. 
But a leading feature of this hotel is its unusually thick walls and parti- 
tions of brick, extending from the basement to the roof, instead of to 
the customary thin tile partitions of which many buildings are con- 
structed. In case of an incipient fire these walls would serve to prevent 
the spreading of it from one apartment to another. Still another feature 
of the construction is the patent stiffened fire-proof wire lathing, forming 
an admirable surface for the plastering. This was supplied by the New 
Jersey Wire Cloth Co. It is made of wire cloth 36 inches wide, with 
meshes three-eighths of an inch square. A rod or strip is woven into it 
across the cloth at intervals of about seven inches to facilitate its hand- 
ling. It greatly adds to the substantiality of the building. The inner 
court walls are of brick, and the average thickness of all the main walls 
is 20 inches, but in a number of places it is 30 inches. The tire-proofing 
material is from eight to twelve inches in thickness. 



fT MUST NOT be supposed that the Hollenden is without 
architectural charms because' its exterior possesses uo 
distinctive features. Its towering height, its agreeable 
color, the happy distribution of its masses, all contribute to 
make it a most pleasing structure. The basement and first 
story are of cream-colored sandstone, and its other six 
stories are of red brick with sandstone cap and sill courses. 
The wing on the eastern corner has an additional story, 
the centre also, and at the western corner there is not only 
an additional story, but there is a double attic above that, termi- 
nating in a pointed roof, which is surmounted by a lofty flag-staff. The 
eastern wing has two hexagonal bays with a deep central recession, and 
there are similar bays on the western wing on both Superior and Bond 
streets, but the bay of the centre is semi-circular and commences at the 
base of the fourth story, rising to the seventh, where it forms a balcony 
for the last story, whose central window is arched and surmounted by a 
sandstone gable. The seventh story is crowned with a heavy cornice, 
having above a series of brackets in brick, and below another series of the 
same in stone. The ground floor has been obviously planned for stores, 
but the exigencies of the hotel have been so pressing that the majority 
are in its service, so that the entrances and exits are beyond precedent in 
their number. For the hotel has an immense front on Bond Street, irre- 
spective of its grand frontage on Superior, and on the former are numer- 
ous stores, and also numerous offices belonging to the hotel, and every 
one of them connects with the great arterial corridors of the interior. 
While this is extremely convenient it takes away all necessity for any 



grand entrance, and accordingly the main appi'oaches are quiet and offer 
no hint of splendor within. 

To enter from the Superior-street side we must mount live steps, for 
this street is lower than Euclid Avenue very considerably, and the Hol- 
lenden reaches half way between the two former thoroughfares. The 
ladies' entrance is side by side with the main doorway, but whilst the lat- 
ter leads through a noble corridor into the magnificent lobby hall of the 
office, the former gives access to a most charming little apartment in the 
closest contiguity with the elevators. It was meant to be a store, but it 
w^as found that it would be a great comfort to lady guests, and the 
Holdens immediately withdrew it from rental, furnished it luxuriously, 
and added another attraction to their house. The doors are of oak, the 
hinges and door-plates of bronze of oriental design and with an attractive 
twisted handle. These were furnished throughout the hotel by The W. 
Bingham Co. Tlie flooring of the room is an odd arrangement of unpolished 
marble in large slabs of warm gray and dark green, alternating with small 
square slabs of a white marble at intervals. The doors have an upper 
paneling of glass, and in the one enormous window there is one great sash 
comprising four-fifths of the space, and the remaining part is divided into 
three, so that the room is flooded with daylight. Superior is a very broad 
street, and though the structure on the other side is somewhat imposing 
there is such a width between them that not one ray of sunlight is inter- 
cepted from the HoUenden facade. There is a low wainscot of warm 
cherry wood, above Avhich the walls are frescoed of a greenish yellow 
color, with a brighter dado, and a cornice frieze of sky blue and grayish 
green in alternate waves, through which wanders a scroll of foliage of 
various colors. The ceiling is supported by a single beam resting upon a 
single pillar, whose base is cased in cherry wood paneling of cylindrical 
form, xlbove the wood the iron column is covered with either plaster or 
cement, and handsomely tinted. The ceiling itself is greenish yellow with 



a highly variegated band along the borders. Over the marble slabs of the 
flooring are Kazan and Bokhara rugs of the most luxurious type. In the 
seat of the window there are flowering plants in jDOts, and a young palm 
in a stand of hammered iron. On a mahogany oval table are works of 
art from the publishing house of Boussod, Valadon & Cie, the successors 
of the famous Groupil. There are chairs of every description, and a most 
comfortable looking sofa and a sable attendant who always tells i^eople 
everything they want to know, and does not look white when they forget 
to tip him a quarter. 

Had the visitor entered the other or main entrance between the square 
piers of sandstone he would have found himself in an anti-vestibule with 
two swinging doors to pass before getting into the corridor leading to the 
lobby hall. The walls are wainscoted with the most magnificent marble. 
The plinth and the skirting base are of verd des Alpes, a dark green 
marble with veinings of white and lighter green. In the centre of each 
compartment is a grand panel of jaune fleuri, a yellow marble with deli- 
cate red veinings, and the framing is of lumachella, a deep purple with 
mottlings and veinings of indescribable appearance, but of great beauty. 
Above this the walls are frescoed with blue fleurs de lys upon a blue 
ground. The dado band is of salmon color, accented with white. The 
cornice frieze has festoons in stucco in high relief, in green and gold 
accented with yellow. There is a heavy cornice in cherry, with finely 
carved mouldings. The ceiling is handsomely frescoed and the symbolic 
H appears multitudinously in high relief stucco, surrounded by green 
and gold garlands and adorned with Renaissance scrollery. 

And now we enter the office hall, a grand parallelogram having the 
height of two stories without a single support of any kind to obstruct the 
view, having an uninterrupted sweep from end to end. ' The office counter 
is at the southern end, facing the main entrance which looks to the north. 
The ceiling is an immense skylight, covered by supporting beams of cherry 



OFFICE. 



apparently, but probably of steel cased in cherry. These rest upon 
massive corbels of cherry wood, supported by a range of piers engaged in 
the walls on both sides, and of the most decorative character. All the 
superb wood work in this hall, as also the bar and billiard rooms, was 
furnished by Messrs. Woods, Jenks & Co., who have reason to regard it 
with pride and can make it a constant theme of reference. These piers 
are very impressive features, not only from their great height, but from 
their appearance, which is novel and striking to an eminent degree. At 
their base they are wainscoted with marbles similar to those in the cor- 
ridor, but the panels of jaune lieuri are of great beauty, and were evidently 
picked with great care by Davidson & Sons, of Chicago, who furnished 
all the marble in the building. The plinths and bases of the green marble 
from the French Alps are also of picked pieces and of exquisite quality. 
Above the wainscot the piers are paneled with cherry wood up to the 
second story, which surrounds the office hall like a closed gallery. Above 
the strong projecting moulding that runs along the piers and blends with 
the sills of the second story windows, the lower part of the piers are still 
in the same beautiful cherry wood, but the upper part is in plaster, 
tinted blue with gold fleiir de lys scattered regularly over the surface. In 
the centre of each pier among the lilies is an ornamental design in high 
relief of stucco. It consists of the letter H in the centre, surrounded by 
a wreath of classic form, and a torch of civilization which passes through 
the H and ascends considerably beyond the wreath. Ribbon scrolls are 
around the top with its emblematic liames, and at the bottom, where they 
have a faint resemblance to the wings of the caduceus of Hermes. The 
coloring is chiefly green and gold. 

The windows of the ujjper story have large circular cajj-sashes 
framed in arches of cherry wood, with beautiful cherry decorative carv- 
ing in the spandrils, and with handsomely paneled soffits. These caj)- 
sashes are of stained glass, the ground being a pleasing yellow and the 



design a semi-circular arrangement of bands of bright blue that suggest 
forcibly the tentacles of a devil-lish. The windows of the lower story are 
square, with an enormous main sash, the glass being dulled and frosted by 
the action of the sand-blast. This is only on the eastern side, where the 
billiard room is situated, for on the western side of the hall the piers are 
for the most part disengaged in their lower sections. Upon the other side, 
where the wall remains unbroken, the effect of the marble wainscoting 
and cherry paneling is most impressive, and the dulled glass acts as a 
good foil to the magnificence around it. In the evening the lighting 
arrangements are so excellent and the soft electric light is so well diffused 
that the effect is as tine as in the day time. On the face of each pier 
there is a handsome fixture, in bright twisted brass, with two gas jets and 
four incandescent burners, supplied by the Conger & Collings Mantel Co. 
The Edison lights are enclosed in those beautiful opalescent globes that 
hide the slight but still perceptible vibration of the incandescent thread 
from which the illumination comes. The flooring is very fine in this 
magnificent hall. It is of alternate slabs of Tennessee marble of pinkish 
gray and a dark green marble, and these are so arranged as to suggest 
rush woven work. In the centre there is a bold coarse mosaic with bulls' 
eyes of green glass, which is quite effective. Here there are two heaters 
covered with slabs of variegated red and white marble from Vermont, 
and between them is a double-backed settee of cherry wood, with green 
leather covering. This is a great rallying point, and here the drummer 
and the unterrified Clevelander mingle in genial conversation and swap 
fish stories while they enjoy their tobacco. There are also settees on the 
eastern side of the hall, which are always occupied, though not quite so 
popular as the central one. And there is, of course, a wondrous affluence 
of movable chairs, which the occupant can plant in that part of the hall 
that seems most good. The counter of the hotel occupies the southern 
end, and is entirely of cherry, beautifully paneled with selected pieces 



for the wainscot part. When one sees what has been done in the Hollen- 
den with cherry, and in the Chicago Auditorinm with red birch, one loses 
all respect for foreign hard woods, and one's patriotism monnts up very 
considerabl3^ At each end of the counter there is a high railing of artistic 
character for the book-keeper and the cashier. Behind the counter the 
decoration is the same as around the walls, only that the stained windows 
at the sides are replaced by frescoing that imitates it with great skill. 
The projecting sill also swells at the corners with a charming semi-circu- 
lar balcony of cherry wood, with very finely carved festoons and ribbons. 
Mention must be made also that the skylight is not entirely of ground 
glass, for there is a broad border which repeats tlie colors of the stained 
glass in the windows of the upper part of the hall, but the design is 
somewhat different and less suggestive of the octopus, being a bold free 
scroll. All the stained glass was furnished by George F. Woodman, and 
all the polished and chipped plate glass was furnished by The Van Cleve 
Glass Co. 

The reading-room is to the right of the office hall, and, like the 
latter, is very full of evenings, being a favorite resort of masculine 
guests. There are three doorless approaches between two magnificent piers 
cased in paneled cherry wood, but with marble bases upon three sides, 
the fourth being in paneled cherry. The lumachella marble upon these 
piers is singularly fine, filled with extraordinary mottlings of semi-trans- 
lucent character. The ceiling is coffered and paneled entirely in cherry 
wood, being supported by steel beams hidden in plaster and cased in 
cherry wood panelings. The effect produced is extraordinarily rich, nor 
could it be excelled if the most expensive foreign wood had been 
employed, for the cherry is not only rich, and callable of high polish, but 
it has the most pleasing variety of appearance in the graining and con- 
siderable variation in the tones. The two steel beams of the ceiling are 
supported by four pillars in the centre of the room and rest at each end 



upon two other pillars, one pair of whicli is engaged in the west wall, 
the other in the rear face of the two piers that form a part of the grand 
hall. The columns engaged in the piers are not fluted, but have richly 
carved capitals. The central columns, which are double the size of the 





" FRONT. 



others, are fluted, and are in fact perfect specimens of pure Corinthian 
columns, the capitals being magniflcent specimens of carving, and reveal- 
ing the capabilities of the material for such work. But the bases are not 
Corinthian, for stern necessity compelled them to be of circular form, 
and the paneling follows the circle very adroitly, and is a very creditable 



piece of cabinet work. The abacus of tlie capitals becomes a doable 
moulding, making a graceful swell as it joins the soiBt of the beam, 
which is plainly paneled. The sides are treated in the same manner, 
only at regular distances there are handsomely carved brackets. The 
walls are wainscoted for about four feet from the skirting base, and 
above that they are plastered and kalsomined of a warm salmon color, 
which harmonizes well with the prevalent cherry work. The dado and 
the cornice frieze are frescoed of a deep blue. The cornice is very heavy, 
with four handsome mouldings, and unites easily with the border of the 
ceiling, both being of cherry wood. The lighting is furnished hy sus- 
pended brass fittings for gas and incandescent burners, with opaque 
porcelain shades. There are nine of these, and they are located at equal 
distances in the centre of the transverse beams. The brass work is of 
commendable character, especially the frames for the porcelain shades, 
which are coronets if not crowns. 

The fire-place would satisfy a Sybarite and content a Gapuan, and 
during the snow storms that prevail in the winter months of Cleveland 
there is not a cosier place in the whole city, not even in the palatial. houses 
on Euclid Avenue and Prospect Street away to the eastward. For in 
Cleveland what a Londoner would call the west end of the town, where 
the rich live, is in fact the east end, and some of them are artistic and 
beautiful, terms which ought to be synonomous but are not. The framing 
of the lire-jjlaces is just plain brick, and in a deep recess there is a basket 
grate tilled with glowing coals. The grate is of iron, and this has a 
border of foliage and floral tracery of excellent design and good casting. 
Over the brick work comes the mantel of cherry, the sides in plain 
paneling and the frieze of one splendid unadorned board of beautiful 
color and graining which must have been most carefully selected for the 
express purpose. The mantel shelf above is very narrow at the side, 
but swells out towards the centre. Above this is a mirror of bevelled 



French glass, but so high that no one save giants can use it, and a middle- 
sized man can only see the extreme top of his head, which does not 
comfort or satisfy if he is bald as so many Americans are. As for the 
dudes among the noble army of drummers, and they are numerous, this 




READING ROOM.. 



mirror is simply an exemplification of the fable of the fox and the sour 
grapes, and Mr. Brobst, the able manager, Avill lose some of his popularity 
among them if he jjersists in retaining a mirror which a dude cannot use 
unless he stands on a chair. It is no alleviation of their heavy woe that 
the mirror stands in a framing of Corinthian columns surmounted by a 



classic series of architrave, frieze and cornice, the latter nearly toiiching 
the ceiling. The fender and irons of the lire-place are twisted and ham- 
mered iron of very fine workmanship and most complicated design. 

The restanrant and the cafe are side by side and can be entered from 
Bond Street. There is quite a subsidiary hall here, and a charming 
elevator in sycamore wood, furnished by the Barrett Elevator Company, 
who also provided the other elevators contiguous to the ladies' entrance 
on Superior Street. Gentlemen are permitted to use the restaurant, 
although it is supposed to be for the use of the gentler half, and the cafe 
is understood to be entirely for gentlemen. The cafe for the sterner sex 
is very handsomely furnished. The walls are covered with Lincrusta 
Walton of a striking color effect. The ground is bluish green, and the 
pattern Raphaelesque scroll work and foliage tracery on old gold, the 
whole combining excellently Avith the cherry wood wainscoting. The 
cornice frieze is frescoed with bluish green ground with floral scrolls in 
bronze color, and below it is a heavy rope moulding in stucco in high 
relief, bronzed and accented with dark color. The ceiling is divided into 
square compartments of framing of cherry wood, broad and quite flat, 
inside the Lincrusta Walton, in low relief, representing flames radiating 
from a central scene with flowers like stars hovering in space. The 
windows are filled with potted plants and so is the doorway leading to 
Bond Street, which is now closed, the management thinking that the fine 
entrance to the left was quite sufficient. There are two grand mahogany 
buffets along the walls richly stored with glittering glasses. The room is 
long and somewhat narrow, but it accommodates three rows of small 
tables, which are always occupied during feeding hours. At the far end 
is a grand fire-place — an overhanging arch whose spandrils are decorated 
with pleasing fire dragons carved with great spirit in red sandstone. 
The archivolt of the arch is simply an intrados moulding of foliage 
decoration. Above the fire-place there is a mantel piece of cherry wood 



composed of two bold consoles on each side supporting a heavy cornice, 
over which is the mantel shelf. The hearth is of red tiling with a border 
of colored encaustic tiles matching with the flooring, which is of the same 
red tiles with geometric designs worked out in colored tiles. There are 
dogs of hammered iron of most elaborate scrollery united by a twisted 
bar. The cafe is quite a fine place, as will be noticed, and the cuisine is of 
the first order. The Ladies' Restaurant is of the same length, but 
broader. The wainscot is i^ainted white, and the walls are j^apered with 
a design of red gold foliage upon a cream ground. There is a broad 
cornice frieze of creamy white ground with foliage scrolls of green, blue 
and gold. The carpet is a soft thick Moquette with jjretty graceful 
design and soft bright colors. The tables are larger than in the cafe, 
ladies being more gregarious than men, and the chairs are of a light 
wood with a satiny gloss. At one end are several settees of the most 
comfortable aspect, inviting portly mammas to a comfortable rest while 
their brisk and beautiful daughters discuss what the African waiter calls 
the "minnow." Many people who are not residents of the Hollenden 
use the cafe and restaurant, which are both old established favorites and 
antedate the great hotel of which they are now part by more than a score 
of years. 

The billiard room and the bar are upon the eastern side of the house, 
and to get to them the visitor must enter the broad corridor to the left of 
the counter, when he will have them on either hand, the billiard room to 
his left, and the bar to his right. In front of him will be the splendid 
marble steps leading down to the lavatory, which is palatial in the luxu- 
rious character of its appointments. There are nine admirable Bruns- 
wick-Balke-Collender Co. tables in the billiard room, which obviously 
must be a large one. Down each side are piers engaged in the walls, 
cased in cherry wood, and utilized as racks for cues ; ordinarily the 
columns that support the ceiling are used for that purpose, but here 



there is no such obstruction, and no hasty-tempered player feels himself 
authorized to speak in vigorous Anglo-Saxon because a miserable pillar 
butts against the butt end of his cue. And the architect, Mr. Hammond, 
deserved high j)raise for those parts of his work where he has been 
enabled to dispense with intermediate perpendicular supports, because 
nothing but the strongest urging would have induced the proprietors to 
make the greater outlay necessitated by steel beams strong enough to 
cover the whole distance without supports. The ceiling is very queer, 
but very striking. It is divided into compartments or coffers by longi- 
tudinal transverse beams of the same dimensions, cased in cherry wood. 
The recession is very considerable, though the- beams do not show it, and 
is used for the oddest decorative effect. In the centre is a mirror panel 
and on each of its four sides are slojjing panels of glass stained to 
resemble Sienna marble so cleverly that at the first glance few would 
detect the real nature of the material. The bases of all the pieces are of 
an American breccia marble, of a purplish gray color, with white 
mottlings and purplish black veinings. A small slab of the same mate- 
rial is affixed by brackets to each slab to hold drinl\ing glasses, or, if the 
player is a Son of Temperance, billiard chalk, which everybody knows is 
never where a man can put his hand on it. The spaces between the piers 
are occupied by comfortable settees, leather-covered, both as to seats and 
backs, and of cherry wood framing. At the two ends of the room the 
wainscoting is of the purplish gray breccia marble, the slabs being all 
specially selected iDieces, with most beautiful veinings and mottlings. 
The walls above them are plastered and frescoed with Raphaelesque 
scrolls chiefly in two colors, blue and pink, blending into each other. 
The cornice frieze is not broad and is of a rich salmon color, with foliage 
tracery in still darker tones of the same hue, accentuated by touches of 
yellow. In the centre of the further end of the billiard room there is a 
small lavatory of Tennessee marble. There is not a better appointed or 




BILLIARD ROOM. 



more comfortable billiard room in America, and the tables are of the first- 
order, and very handsomely mounted in rock maple. 

The entrance to the billiard room is doorless, but the bar is jDrovided 
with a fine set of folding doors, in order that the hotel may be able to 
comply with the laws that order bars to be closed at certain times. The 
upper iDart of these folding doors is adorned with a very fine grille of 
hammered iron, a veritable work of art, such as Qaintin Matsys might 
have made before love, the all-powerful, compelled him to give up his 
craft and become a painter. The flooring is of alternate slabs of green 



and pinkish gray marble, resembling that of the grand hall. Here the 
wainscoting is eight feet high, although the room is not particularly 
lofty, and the paneling shows admirably the graining and color of well- 
selected cherry wood, furnished by Woods, Jenks & Co. of Cleveland. 
The good old bar-keeper vows and protests that it is South American 
mahogany, and offers to stake millions in defense of this untenable prop- 
osition, and this goes to show how beautiful cherry is, and how well the 
wood-work of the bar-room was done by J. W. Vanderwerf, who also did 
the same work in the billiard room and reading room, the material having 
been furnished by Woods, Jenks & Co. for each of the apartments. 
The counter and the oyster counter are of the same beautiful material, 
and so are, apparently, the four columns that support the ceiling. The 
walls above the wainscoting are frescoed in fresh and brilliant colors Avith 
designs of Rapliaelesque tracery. The ceiling, also, is frescoed in a light 
ground with blue geometric figures, around wliich flutter gracefully rib- 
bon scroll work. Around the pillars are brass fittings of graceful 
contours for incandescent burners. About the room, which is not large, 
are small cherry wood tables and chairs, the latter exceeding restful. 
The wood- work of the bar is in cherry of a very light red, and the inevi- 
table mirror is flanked by magnificent columns of cherry, of Ionic style, 
beautifully fluted, and M'ith flne square bases. Behind is an opening 
with a small room fitted for an upper cellar, and stored from ceiling to 
flooring with every kind of wine, spirit, cordial, bitters, and all the 
secrets of the craft. 

The grand staircase is in Vermont variegated marble, a purplish red 
with creamy white mottlings, that takes a high polish, for it is exceed- 
ingly hard, and indeed strong enough to be used as a building stone. 
For this reason it is exceedingly suitable for the purpose to which Mr. 
Hammond assigned it, and the day is far distant when any step will 
yield to pressure, as is always the case with white marbles, and often the 



BAR. 

case with Bardiglio. The stairway passes under an archway of cherry 
wood, and there the eye falls upon a hne combination of color, and of 
Arabesque design in exceedingly low relief. The wainscoting is of broad 
slabs of lumachella and jaune fleuri, -vith plinth and base of Alps green. 
These combine with the marble of the stairs to make a strong effect. At 
the top of the stairs the feet fall upon the softest carpets. Burglars dare 
not enter a building so huge as the Hollenden, where there are 450 rooms 
and a countless army of servants, waiters, watchmen, etc., and it is for- 
tunate, for no footstep is ever heard. The visitor finds himself here on a 



broad corridor, on each side of which are charming little parlors, ele- 
gantly furnished, that go round the hall for two sides. This is to the left 
of the grand staircase. To the right is the large dining room, a very 
splendid room, the fame of which is traveling over the United States. 
Following towards the left, the eye is attracted by the large circular glass 
shade of opalescent color and with a spiral thread of opaque glass 
running around them, manufactured and furnished by the Phoenix Glass 
Co. of Pittsburgh, which has a monopoly of the business, for it is the 
only one manufacturing this special ware. At the corner of Bond and 
Superior is the ladies' parlor par excellence, a little jewel of a room, 
although it is only small by comparison. There is, of course, a cherry 
wainscoting, but it is very low, and there is a gorgeously frescoed ceiling 
in which the principal motive is a variation of the geometric figure 
known as the Turk's head, which consists of concentric circles and 
ellipses radiating from the centre to the circumference. The former are 
of differently colored golds and the elliptic scrolls are of purple and 
silver. This motive occurs twice, and between the two figures is a mass 
of floral decoration of greens, blues and pinks, some of the flowers being 
very well painted, though the massing is somewhat chaotic, and rendered 
more so by the fluctuating tones of the ground color. The walls are 
frescoed with fanciful fleurs de lys in blue upon a blue ground, and the 
cornice frieze is a scroll work of many colors upon a changing ground. 
The fire-place is of onyx, with a framing of fine gilt metal, and with gar- 
lands and ribbon scrolls, in the same material, fastened on the onyx. 
The effect is excellent, and the material displays itself to the best advan- 
tage.. It is very multitudinous in color, but its ground here is a rich 
brownish yellow, accentuated in every part of the three slabs with semi- 
translucent and translucent mottlings and veinings. But the hearth- 
stone, which is also a slab of onyx, is a more remarkable specimen. It is 
wonderfully translucent, and is veined with blue and gray. Its mottlings 




SITTING R00[V1. 



are simply changes of translucenoy, and the effect is that of a glorified 
cake of ice, such as might be formed in an ice bridge of old Niagara. 
The fender that rests on this slab is very low, and of gilt and silvered 
metal, which suits admirably with the onyx. There is a window looking 
on Bond and Superior, and each one is a bay, and has a comfortable 
settee curtained with blue damask. The hangings are of some flowered 
fabric in alternate zones of bluish green and cream color, and there are 
gorgeous lambrequins to match, with tassels as long as a cat's tail. 

The mantel piece above the onyx fire-place is an elaborate arrange- 
ment in cherry wood with a mirror low enough to enable a lady to use it. 
There is a window of one pane of stained glass in this mantel -piece above 
the mirror which is repeated on the north wall facing Superior Street, 
and it is so beautiful that it is worthy of repetition. It represents fruits 
and leaves arranged in a scroll resembling a letter S. The leaves show a 
splendid range of green tones of brilliant quality and great softness, but 
the fruits are in a series of reds that burn like spinel rubies. There is in 
particular one huge red jilume that is like a burning coal, glowing red, 
and flameless. The setting of this scroll is in a series of spheres that 
mimic topazes, moonstones and rock crystal, and these form a square 
border of great beauty. The carpet is of tapestry in which blue and 
green tones seem to predominate. There is a wonderful affluence of 
chairs in this room, and they are of many varieties. The most dazzling 
are those of first Empire style which are carved and gilt, and are mounted 
with soft tapestry silks. There is an ormolu table with a beautiful onyx 
top, but it would be rather cold for a writing table and would be calcu- 
lated to numb the warm hand. Outside the ladies' parlor there is a little 
nook in the corner of the corridor which may be considered as the annex, 
and which has some important points. It boasts of a baby grand piano 
that fits very snugly into the corner, and it has a charming little fire-place 
of Low tiles in beautiful shades of blue. The walls are a warm russet 



LADIES' PARLOR. 



with spots of blue stenciling. There are some comfortable settees and a 
sufficiency of chairs. 

Passing onward along the Bond-street corridor one notices a number 
of small rooms on either hand, which are meant for private supper parties. 
Meals have an unwonted charm when served in these small rooms. The 
banquet room is at the end of this corridor and may be said to be partially 
awaiting the reader, but the allurements of this noiseless corridor, with its 
velvety feeling to the tread, and its branching out into unexpected rooms, 
are so fascinating that one lingers by the wayside. The guests are very 



right to surge out of the big room into these cosy little dens and entertain 
their friends. The banquet room was in the beginning of the Hollenden 
the main dining-room, but since the enlargement of the hotel it has been 
devoted to banquet service. The v^alls are frescoed with fantastic floral 
spirals upon a dark red ground verging on purple, and the cornice frieze 
is painted in impasto. The room is large and handsome, and has a fire- 
place adorned with Low's Chelsea tiling, and a mantel piece in cherry, 
supported by consoles of singularly bold projection. 

But this description is not apx^licable to the appearance of the 
room at night when it is being used for the specific purpose for which 
it was created. Almost every evening during the season a banquet 
either of a public or a private character is held here. Let us peep in 
and see one of the latter, a festive high] inks, which often costs the 
amphitrion of the hour twenty dollars a plate. The feast has been spread 
on a large square table drawn into the corner of the room, near the fine 
fire-place. The mantel piece is loaded with rare Worcester, Carlsbad 
and Satsuma vases. The settle of the window is a mass of delicate 
flowers, rhododendrons, azaleas and dainty Deutzias mingling their 
blossoms with the rough leaves of date palms, talipots and India rubber 
trees. There is a blaze of light from candelabra covered with wax tapers 
on the mantle shelf, from the electro gasolier hanging from the richly fres- 
coed ceiling and from a series of cut-glass candle-sticks of rock crystal 
quality upon the table itself. In front of every stag, for it is a stag party, 
is a perfectly formidable array of glittering glasses for champagne, claret, 
white wines, sherry, ' and for ice water. Before him is a napkin of 
exquisite softness, of snowy w^hiteness, and of damasked style, which 
is hemstitched. The tablecloth is of the same superb quality, the 
product of the choicest looms of Belfast. The service ware is of the 
beautiful kind known as Haviland, hand-painted, of the game series, 
perhaps made for game suppers. The forks and spoons are of the finest 



A CORNER OF THE BANQUET ROOM. 

Gorliam silver-plating, and the handles of the knives are of mother of 
pearl and ivory. On every side of the happy stag are quaint little dishes 
of Haviland porcelain of the most varied shapes and the most pleasing 
colors which peej) out from the wealth of cut flowers thrown carelessly 
over the tablecloth. The champagne corks fly wildly amid blossoms and 
crystal and porcelain, and the langhter of the guests rings musically and 
harmoniously over this mingling of beautiful colors and delicate textures. 
They drink the Hollenden with all the honors, and the glasses jingle a 
response. The glass ware and china so noticeable on these festive 
occasions came from the establishment of I. T. Bowman & Co., of 



Cleveland, and the Phoenix Glass Company has furnished some very 
exquisite pieces of cut-glass table ware. 

The large dining-room must now be described. It is as long as the 
noble office hall, and, though only half its height, has still considerable 
loftiness, for the hall is really one of the grandest chambers in the United 
States, nor can anyone realize its splendid' height until he has passed into 
the dining-room, when he begins to comprehend the matter. Figures 
mean nothing after one passes the ■ height of a tall man ; after that, 
twenty-hve feet and fifty feet make about the same effect upon the average 
mind. There are two grand rows of windows, one looking to the east- 
ward and the open air, the other looking down upon the office hall, and 
both have been treated by the architect in precisely the same way, having 
circular sashes of colored glass, a yellow ground with blue scrolls resem- 
bling the tentacles of a devil-fish. The splendid room is completely 
unobstructed by ceiling supports, and yet the latter is coffered very 
artistically and strikingly. The supporting steel beams are, as usual, 
hidden under cherry wood casings, with handsomely paneled soffits. 
The cofi'er compartments are decorated with stucco in high relief, leaving 
the centre panel to be frescoed in blue and whitish gray, something like 
the sky. The stucco ornamentation is of foliage sprays at the four cor- 
ners of the compartment, and between each spray is a rose in extremely 
high- relief. A rope moulding twines around each rose, and makes a 
framing for the sky panel in tlie centre. The ends of the supporting 
beams that cross the ceiling transversely are corbelled, and the corbels 
rest upon the heads of piers engaged in the side walls, which are placed 
between each one of the two rows of windows. Each pier has a high 
square base of cherry, with a central panel of admirable carving of 
Renaissance motives familiar to amateurs of that style of decoration, and 
especially of the period verging on the Rococo. Above the panel each 
base has a frieze of classic garlands or festoons, the whole being sur- 



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gorHam silverware. 



mounted by a cornice with a well-carved egg and dart moulding having 
a strong projection. All the work in wood in this chamber, and indeed 
on this lioor, came from the workshops of L. Richardson, Cleveland, who 
deserves infinite credit for it. From these artistic bases the piers rise to 
the corbels of the ceiling beams in plaster pilasters, of composite style, of 
creamy pink color upon a bluish green ground, with gilding on the base 
mouldings, and also on the capitals. The volutes and festoons of the 
latter are tinted a bluish green, accentuated with, gilding. The slight 
abacus is tinted bluish green also. Above the abacus is a frieze of 
cherry wood, terminating in a tooth moulding surmounted by a strongly 
projecting cornice, upon which the splendid corbels rest. The framing 



of the window heads is entirely in cherry. The space between the piers 
below the windows is wainscoted with the same decorative wood, and 
many have grills for the distribution of heat, the radiators being con- 
cealed behind the wainscoting. 

The south end of the dining-room communicates with the kitchen by 
swinging double doors, where the door posts are of universal cherry. 
Piers similar to those on the sides are engaged in this wall, which is 
tinted to resemble the blue sky, and is a repetition on a large scale of the 
decorative panels in the ceiling. In the upper part there are three serai- 
circular panels in stucco, harmonizing with the window heads, but these 
are highly decorative. 

The work was done by Heidenreich & Stephan, and it has been much 
admired by all who have seen it. In each a cherub (of whom nothing 
is visible save the head and grandly archaic wings, similar to those of the 
pre-Phidian Hermes) holds a broad, highly artistic scroll on which is a 
motto, which is varied in each relief. Below this scroll is iioral scrollery 
of the Raphaelesque kind, so arranged that the central mass of foliage 
seems to be the body of the cherub. Tlie motto of the first is Dum 
vivimus mvamus, which means, " Let us live while we live." The motto 
of the second is Salve, which is most truly translated as ' ' Good luck to 
you," and though that is a free version, it gives the real spirit to the 
word. The legend of the third scroll is Appetitus rationi pareat, 
meaning "Subject your appetites to reason." At the other end of the 
dining-room there is in the centre, opposite to the stucco relief over the 
kitchen doors, a finely constructed balcony, of semi-circular form, with 
an external railing of Ionic pilasters, which is for the musicians. But on 
either side of this, which is, it is unnecessary to say, in cherry, the 
plaster relief appears. On the left hand is the motto in French, A mtre 
sanhe, meaning " Your good health," and on the right hand the legend 
reads, Esset, trinJcet, seid frdhlich, which means, "Eat, drink and 



diMiNg rooivi. 



be merry." Under the musicians' balcony are the entrances to the ordi- 
nary, between two piers. 

The lighting of this most splendid dining-room is picturesque and 
thoroughly adequate, furnished by incandescent burners enclosed in egg- 
shaped shades of opaline glass provided by the Phoenix Glass Co., and 
distributed with admirable judgment. At each intersection of the ceiling 



beams there is a short row of four burners. Just above the heads of the pil- 
asters on each pier there is a row of five burners suspended from the cor- 
nice and on the frieze of each base there is a brass arrangement holding a 
row of three more burners. The effect at the dinner hour when the cham- 
ber is filled with guests seated at the numerous tables covered with white 
napery, and glittering with cut-glass and silver is really superb, and must 
be seen to be appreciated. It is a gentle, even, all-pervading light, and 
the opaline shades are really beautiful. Yet there are some people who 
revolt against an even light distant from them and prefer a stronger light 
close to them. For these the ordinary has been provided, which is much 
lower, and of the cozy order, though the walls are hung with reproduc- 
tions of the green tapestry of the Middle Ages. There are many pieces, 
but only two motives, and these apparently refer to 'the parable that 
Nathan spake to King David concerning the poor man who had one ewe 
lamb. The prevailing tones are a grim indigo blue and green, both of 
them exceedingly cold. In fact, there are no warm tones in these tapes- 
tries, and this will account for the large fire-place in the ordinary, which 
is enclosed by arching in cherry wood. The ceiling is frescoed in an 
effort to be harmonious with the tapestry, but the latter was unwilling. 
The fire-place is in light sandstone with some good decorative carving, 
and contains a motto from Macbeth. "May good digestion wait on appe- 
tite, and health on both." And then Banquo's ghost came and interfered, 
and no doubt many a Banquo lies dormant in too dainty dishes, and 
murders sleep for those who partake of them, even in the Hollenden. 

And now a few words about the guests' rooms. There are 450 of 
them, and they are all easily accessible by the elevators, and the corridors 
are extremely pleasant — singularly so. The house is practically isolated, 
occupying nearly a square, and receiving light from every direction. 
Many people have taken suites since the opening of the house and have 
lived in them ever since. The shape is irregular, but all the corners 




CARVED Wooden panels iN diNiNg room- 



aiford charming suites, and these are equally agreeable on every floor. 
Each suite has two i^arlors, a bath-room and a bedroom, but one of the 
parlors can be easily converted into another bedroom. In the bath-room, 
besides the tub of metal with porcelain enameled lining, there is a 
stationary wash-bowl of Tennessee marble, with nickel-plated faucets for 
hot and cold water. The bedroom is wainscoted with cherry, and 
receives light from two windows, one in front and one at the side. The 
bedstead is of the all-pervading cherry, and so is the combination bureau 
and mirror, which latter is full length, and permits a lady to see the 
whole of her robe when she is dressed for a reception. The walls are 
kalsomined with a delicate blue tint, and the cornice frieze is stencilled 
with light decoration. The carpet is soft to the tread and of pleasing 
color and design. There is a brass fitting furnished with one gas jet and 
two incandescent burners. Several easy chairs, a plush lounge, a bureau 
and a small table complete the equipment. The parlors have bay win- 
dows, and are only separated from each other by handsome hangings. 
The lighting arrangements are the same in all the rooms, and in one of 
the parlors, in addition to tlie steam heating, there is a pretty little 
fire-place. 




cHimNeY corner. 



HE GENERAL PLAN of the interior of the building- 
is so simple 3^et in many respects so gnind that the 
general arrangements and the conveniences provided 
give a feeling of comfort and a high degree of satisfac- 
tion to the guest. One is not lost in long tortuous 
passageways, nor shut in^ by the everlasting door, but 
all is open, wide, spacious. As you enter from Superior 
Street you are ushered into the office, or main lobby, which is nearly in 
the centre of the building. This has a height of 32 feet and is covered by 
a skylight 30x60 feet in dimensions wliicli gives abundance of light to the 
interior and affords the greatest cheerfulness. This grand feature of the 
hotel is 72 feet long and 42 feet in width. To the right is a hall leading 
to the private offices of the proprietors, the Western Union Telegraph 
office, the cigar and news stand, and the reading room. On the left is the 
billiard room which is of very liberal proportions. Two passenger ele- 
vators are conveniently located here. At the further end of this lobby is 
the office desk, and its position is such that the clerks are enabled to com- 
mand a very comprehensive view. Here is also located the fire and burg- 
lar proof vaults for the safe-keeping of valuables deposited by the guests. 
A well apijointed restaurant is also on the ground floor. There are seven 
floors in the building exclusive of the basement, and the average height 
of the ceiling in each story is ten feet six inches. The corridors have a 
width of eight feet. The furnishings throughout are suj)erb. There are 
ten handsomely appointed bridal chambers, and every room in the house, 
of which there are 450, is so designed and furnished as to afford perfect 
ease and comfort. All the rooms in the tower and those with bay windows 
are special suites, in most instances with private baths. The bedding is 
superior, the pillows being thoroughly modernized productions, for they 
were furnished by The Cold Blast Feather Company. The down of which 
they are made was subjected to the best known cleansing process. Then 




'BORN" KitcHeN raMges. 



they are of projDer size- and furnish the most agreeable rejjose. The linens 
are of the best grade and were furnished by William Taylor, Son & Co. of 
Cleveland, being one of the most important contracts awarded for furnish- 
ing the hotel, for they are used in every room and service department. 

Of course, the grand feature of the Hollenden, as in all other hotels, 
is the service department. Possibly there are many houses possessing 
equal advantages in this respect, but certainly there are none superior. 
The kitchen is very conveniently located, being se^jarated from the rest 



of the structure, and is 40x50 feet in dimensions. Communication with 
the dining room is aiforded by a corridor. Its entire outfit, embracing 
ranges, broilers, carving tables, steam tables, sauce pans, jacket kettles, 
and all the necessary utensils were supplied by The Born Steel Range & 
Manufacturing Company. An added feature are the cold storage rooms 
erected by the Wickes Refrigerator Company. There are several of these, 
one being devoted to the preservation of meats, one for milk, butter, 
cheese, etc., one for wines, and there are special compartment refrigerator 
boxes for fish, game and cut meats. An ice house has been built adjoin- 
ing the hotel, which connects with the cold storage rooms, a large supply 
of ice being constantly on hand. 

The laundry is of the same size as the kitchen. The great amount of 
laundry work needed for such a hotel as the Hollenden renders it neces- 
sary that every facility should be provided for the rapid and satisfactory 
washing and drying of the immense quantity of linens used in the hotel. 
Then a first-class house must be prepared to do the best and finest laun- 
dry work for its guests. It can be said that this hotel is equipped with 
one of the best laundries in the country. It was fitted up by the Empire 
Laundry Machinery Company, of Boston. The equipment of this neces- 
sary service department comprises three Cambridge Reversing Washers, 
two of the largest and one of the smallest size ; one Cambridge Centrifu- 
gal Wringer of the largest size, one Ternary Mangle, and a very com- 
plete line of machinery for collar, cuff and shirt work ; also a superbly 
arranged drying room. The arrangement of the machinery, a very 
essentia] feature of a successful laundry, received careful consideration, 
and its construction is of the best. Thus the care given to the planning 
and construction of this laundry enables it to be operated in an economi- 
cal manner, producing in every instance first-class laundried linen. 

The barber shop is located on the ground floor. It is 30x45 feet in 
size. It is fitted up with the most improved chairs, manufactured by the 



Archer Manufacturing Co. There are six of these on each side of the 
room and a large marble font in the centre pays ttibute to each. The 
cloak room and package counter opens into the same corridor as the 
barber shop. Here on the ground floor is an immense storeroom which 
connects with the bar, where are to be found in bottles and in other forms 
the choicest vintages of every country. Connected with it is a supple- 
mentary Wickes' cooler for the refrigeration of wines. But this is only 
worthy of secondary consideration when compared with the vast cellars 
beneath. 

It is scarcely necessary to enumerate the bewildering list of rooms 
and their special appointments for the entertainment of guests, for the 
serving of lunches, dinners and banquets ; committee rooms, smoking- 
rooms, card rooms, divisions for toilet conveniences, parlors, etc., and all 
that go to contribute to the pleasure of the guests. These are all to be 
found in the Hollenden, as in every other modern hotel. . 



HE HEAT and power plant of the Hollenden Hotel is of 
marked importance. In the cellar are located four 
tabular boilers. They are each 16 feet in length and 
contain 56 four-inch tubes, and have an aggregate capac- 
ity for 250 horse-power. There are 30 square feet of 
grate surface and 1,750 square feet of heating surface 
under each. They are supplied with water by an 
improved duplex pump, 8x5x10, put in by the Hughes Steam Pump 
Company. This has a pressure of 100 pounds, and can supply 1,200 
gallons of water per hour. The steam heating system of the hotel was 
installed by Chafer & Becker. The heating is by exhaust steam from the 
engines and pumps, the additional heating required being taken direct 
from the boilers. The electric plant consists of two dynamos, each of 
them being geared direct to a 75 horse-power high-speed engine. They 
are run at 920 revolntions per minute, and supply light for 1,016 candle- 
power incandescent lamps at a pressure of 110 volts. The switches gov- 
erning the lights are divided into two princix)al divisions, which are again 
sub-divided. The office, dining-room and other special departments have 
independent switches, and the lights in each bedroom are controlled by a 
switch conveniently located. There are six elevators, three of which are 
for passenger service. Among these the one installed by the Barrett 
Elevator Company gives the greatest satisfaction. It is as nearly noise- 
less as it is possible to make elevators. It runs very smoothly and is 
economical in management. 

There are servants', freight and baggage elevators and several side- 
walk elevators. The capacity of those for freight and baggage vary from 
one to two tons, as may be required. The improved duplex pump of the 
Hughes Steam Pump Co. is used for the ijrincipal passenger elevators in 




the front of the building. This has a 20-inch steam cylinder, a 12-inch 
water cylinder and an 18-inch stroke, and has a capacity of 1,000,000 
gallons per 24 hours. 

In view of the many uses to which it is put, coal is a very important 
item of supply in the Hollenden Hotel. The heating, electric lighting, ele- 
vators, cooking and laundry depend upon it, requiring daily deliveries of 
large quantities, since the storage capacity of the coal vaults is scarcely suf- 
ficient to hold two days' supply. It is proper to state that the Gfoff-Kirby 
Coal Company of Cleveland promptly supplies all the coal thus con- 
sumed. This is the largest concern of the kind in the city, its storage 
facilities exceeding 50,000 tons. The grades used in the hotel are the 
famous Lackawanna hard coals for the ranges. Palmyra coals for the 
grates, and Pittsburgh coals for steam making. 

The plumbing and gas fitting of this hotel was one of the largest 
undertakings lately completed in Cleveland. The entire system of drain- 
age was very carefully planned, and Peter Desnoyers, the eminent master 
plumber of Cleveland, carried it to successful completion. The fixtures 
and all other materials and workmanship are of the best. The sanita- 
tion of the hotel is all that could be desired, and the hot and cold water 
supply is very satisfactory. 



HE PROPRIETOR of the Hollenden Hotel sought to 
add every feature, in the equipment of the kitchen 
and the auxiliary departments, that would tend to im- 
prove the service. In order to accomplish the best 
results, they engaged the Wickes Refrigerator Com- 
pany to design and erect a sufficient number of cold 
storage rooms and refrigerators to meet the require- 
ments of the hotel, and afford the very best facilities for the preservation 
of such articles of food as are essentially perishable. There is a separate 
storage room for meats, such as the loins of beef, mntton and lamb. Then 
there is a room devoted exclusively to vegetables, and one for milk, butter, 
cheese and the like ; also a special cooler of liberal proportions for the 
cooling of wines, for which purpose it possesses exceptional advantages, 
because of the ease with which an even temperature is maintained. There 
is also one three-compartment fish, game and cut meat refrigerator box ; 
which, in fact, constitutes three separate boxes built side by side, and 
admirably adapted for the uses to which they are devoted. 

The Wickes Company has gained an extended reputation throughout 
the country because of the superior construction of its cold storage rooms 
and refrigerators, and because the use of its system insures uniformity of 
temperature and an atmosphere which is absolutely dry and pure. In 
proof of this fact its system of refrigeration is embraced in over 8,000 
cars, owned and operated by the principal railways, fast freight lines, and 
shipping firms ; and in 1,000 beef, butter, egg and fruit houses, in hotels, 
club-houses, hospitals, asylums, steamships, and military barracks, as 
well as in many notable private residences. The system was awarded the 
highest medals at the late Paris exposition, and at the New Orleans 
exposition. The general offices of the Company are located in the Audi- 
torium Building, Chicago, and branch offices are maintained at New York 
City, and Rochester, N. Y., and Philadelphia, Pa. 





NLY recentl.y Mr. C. Knowles, who for the past genera- 
tion has been recognized as the most popular dealer in 
Cleveland in harness, saddlery goods, horse clothing, 
and all the paraphernalia of the trotting stable, has 
established himself in that part of theHollenden which 
is next to Vincent Street, where he is in the midst of a 
great coterie of trotting men. The Holdens, father and 
son, who are the ^proprietors of the Hollenden, love a 
good horse, and know one when they see him, and the 



Hollenden is a recognized headquarters for men interested in thorough- 
breds and trotting stock. The move was undoubtedly a shrewd one, for 
his new store is admirably adapted for the purpose, and must cost con- 
siderably less than one of the same size upon either of Cleveland's great 
arteries of trade. And yet No. 378 Bond Street, between Superior Street 
and Euclid Avenue, is a better location for him than any other in the city. 




VERY reliable retail house, dealing in both foreign 
and domestic earthenware, glassware, lamps and 
cutlery, is that of Messrs. I. T. Bowman & Sons of 
Cleveland. It is numbered among the houses that 
furnished the Hollenden with goods in its line. 

For many years the members of this firm have 
made a special study of that very necessary part of the 
modern home, bric-a-brac. They have constantly in 
stock an endless variety of elegant Royal Worcester, 
dainty Belleek, richly-colored Crown Derby, Pointon, 
Minton, besides many desirable pieces from foreign and 
domestic potteries of less repute. It has always been 
their one aim to secure the very best. The purity of 
color, elegance of design, quaintness of shape of their 
cut glass, has secured them a reputation second to none 
The store, which is large and well arranged, having been 
built expressly for the business, is very artistically fitted up, and a large 
and varied stock is handsomely displayed at all times. 

The art of illumination with coal oil has kept pace with electricity, 
the wonder of the age. To acquire the best light from oil one must have 
a lamp that is well constructed, and at the same time it is proper to have 
it attractive to the eye. After an examination of the complete stock 
carried of piano, vase, hanging and banquet lamps, one would tliink that 
all the ingenuity of the age had been directed in this one channel. 

The elegant stock of china, earthenware, pottery, and glassware is 
selected from the leading houses in America and Europe. Many of the 
imported goods are necessarily expensive, yet so exquisitely made are all 
American goods that none but the eye of an expert could distinguish 
them from those made in Dresden, Bohemia, and other European manu- 
facturing centres. Here are carried game sets in Royal Worcester, fruit 



in this market. 



sets in Haviland & Co.'s ware, ice cream sets and fruit sets from the cele- 
brated jpottery of the Societe de La Ceramique, Limoges, France, and 
dainty pieces of Sevres, which greatly add to the interesting varieties of 
the large stock of decorated china. A fine selection of cutlery is carried. 
The store is located at 196 and 198 Superior Street, Cleveland. 




ILLIAM TAYLOR, SON & CO., who furnished the linen 
goods for the Hollenden Hotel, are the proprietors of one 
of the well-known dry goods houses of Cleveland, which 
is equipped with every facility for serving the public 
quickly and thoroughly well, both as to quality of goods 
and prices. The best line of goods in the market is carried, embracing 
everything pertaining to the dry goods trade. 

In connection with the retail house, situated on the Public Square, 
corner of Euclid Avenue, this firm conducts a large wholesale house on 
Prosj)ect Street, which enables the purchase of goods in excej^tionally 
large quantities, thus affording an opportunity to place before the patrons 
of the retail department various lines of goods at prices which are sure 
to prove equitable and satisfactory to the numerous customers. 

Special attention is called to the large and elegantly furnished cloak 
department, recently fitted up on the second floor, access to which is 
readily gained by the elevator in the centre of the main floor. There has 
also been added lately a ladies' recejjtion room, which is found to be very 
convenient for ladies waiting for friends or resting from the fatigue of 
shopping. 

On the third floor is located the department devoted to ladies' fur- 
nishings, also the curtain and drapery department, which has been con- 
siderably enlarged this season and is now very complete in all its 
apiDointments, a large variety of goods being kept constantly in stock. 

Merchants doing business in the surrounding smaller towns would 
find a visit to the wholesale department of this house decidedly of inter- 
est to them, for a very comprehensive assortment of goods is carried, and 
every want can be satisfied, and at the lowest prices. 

This house has been in Cleveland since 1870, but its growth has been 
steady and rapid. It was originally established on a small scale, and 
owing to the phenomenal increase of the business it has been necessary 
to erect the large building now occupied, which is used exclusively for the 
jobbing business. 

This establishment is one of the largest and most modern of the dry 
goods houses of the AVest, and bids fair to increase as steadily in the 
future as it has done in the x)ast. 



HE NUMEROUS fire-places in the Hollenden are all fitted with 
Low tiles, and it goes without saying that these give them a most 
attractive appearance. Chelsea has made a greater success with 
the Low tiles than in any other direction, and it is the one artistic 
production in applied art in which the Athens of America has kept 
abreast of other communities. These tiles are superior to English in many 
respects, and the popularity of this material for mantel decoration in this 
country is due entirely to the Lows. So long as none but English tiles were 
used, their appearance in fire-places was sporadic and was considered as an 
evidence of pottery mania. But when the industry was started in Boston, 
the tiles were so improved that mantels decorated with them became the rage, 
and other places began to imitate them. In Brooklyn, Long Island, in Trenton, 
New Jersey, in East Liverpool, in Indianapolis, tile factories were established 
and are doing well. But the glory of initiating the movement will belong 
to the Lows, and their tiles have never yet been equalled. The Low tiles owe 
their unquestionable superiority over others less to ceramic qualities than to 
an artistic comprehension of the conditions necessary for making them an accept- 
able decoration for mantel pieces. In that form the question of adaptability 
is always studied, and the result is, that the Lows have almost a monopoly of 
the best and most remunerative business. In English and Spanish tiles there 
never was any other idea than of having a good body and a good glaze 
and good decoration by competent hands. But this is not enough. The size 
of the tiles, and their shape, were considerations that were never considered, 
and this is where the Lows showed marked superiority. They have always 
treated their tiles as a part of a whole, and they have thought out endless 
combinations of color and design that would be suitable for hardwood or for 
brass or for hammered iron or any fire-place material. 

A fire-place fitted with Low tiles is therefore a unity, whereas a fire-place fitted 
with the very best English hand-painted tiles is a discord, because the tiles neither 
agree with each other nor with their surroundings. The Low tiles, moreover, 
are of a far higher type than the English, which generally are based upon 




the idea of porcelain. They have a clay body and a porcelain or feldspar 
glaze, and are usually decorated over the glaze. Now, this is confessedly 
bad art, and the model for tiles is to be sought for in the stanniferous enamel 
tiles made by the Persians from principles handed down from the days of 
the ancient Assyrians. One of the underlying laws of ceramics is, that for 
objects like tiles, if stanniferous enamel cannot be used, a thick colored glaze 
must be employed. The color must not be over the glaze nor under the 
glaze, but in the glaze, and this necessitates great thickness. This is the 
principle of the famous Rookwood pottery of Cincinnati, where there is, 
indeed, a decoration of under-glaze painting, but the chief effect is produced 
by manganese in the glaze itself, which gives its exquisitely rich brown. 
The Lows have worked upon the problem of glaze until they have achieved 
marvels. In many of their tiles, they are satisfied to produce mere color 
effects and have no design at all. In others, they have a design made by 
a mould, and the problem is to so arrange the planes of surface as to create 
an agreeable impression on the eye. For wherever the glaze is thickest, the 
color is deepest, and therefore the lightest parts are those where the design 
is most raised. The Lows have a series of Arabesque- like geometric designs 
in which the chiaroscuro is exquisite, for there is a perfect flicker of color 
that comes and goes, instead of the dull regularity of English tiles. They 
have panels of figures in low relief in which the same effect is brilliantly 
rendered. Earlier in their career they attempted high relief, but the glaze 
ran too thick for a successful result, and they now recognize that they 
are limited to low relief mouldings. Another point in which they have 
shown a marked progressive spirit is in the shape of the tiles. They make 
them of varied shapes, but the chief and most popular grade is the long 
and narrow one which reproduces the idea of a Eoman tile. The color effect 
is much more brilliant when these are used than when large single tiles were 
employed. The Lows have evidently mastered the first part of the problem, 
and all that they do is admirably done. But America looks to them to re- 
create stanniferous enamel tiles, and to make them with metallic lustres also. 



OTICEABLE in the public apartments of the Hollenden Hotel, as 
also in the lavatories, bath-rooms and corridors throughout the 
house, is the wealth and variety of marble used in the construction 
of the building, indicating the great advancement that has been 
made in this country in the employment of marble for the proper finishing of 
a structure. This is a very commendable and desirable improvement, for the 
reason that marble possesses more artistic merit, and is decidedly more durable, 
being unaffected by climatic changes, and much to be preferred to any other 
material similarly used. 

The wainscot of the main oflBce, or Exchange, and entrance corridors has 
been very richly carried out in harmony with the general interior hardwood 
finish of this apartment. It is constructed of red and green marbles, inlaid 
with a very fine yellow marble. The panels are of Eouge Koyal marble of a dark 
red shade, relieved by yellow Saint Baume (French) marble, which has been 
inserted, or inlaid, in a manner to afford proper adornment to the surface. 
The bases and caps are of Verde Antique marble, which gives an excellent finish, 
and is made pleasantly attractive and forms a good contrast because of its beau- 
tiful coloring. It blends admirably with the mahogany finish above. Its 
prevailing color is green, with white streaks running through it, which are 
delicately disseminated, producing a rich effect. Then the Mosaic tiles sur- 
rounding the deck lights in the centre of the floor in the main office is in 
keeping with the general interior finish. The main stairway is constructed of 
Swanton Mosaic marble, which is now becoming so popular for such uses. This 
stairway is of liberal proportions and gives immediate access to the main dining- 
room. The billiard room has a wainscot of the same quality of marble. The 
rear stairway is constructed of Verde Antique and Eouge Koyal marbles. The 
toilet rooms are finished in white Italian, with a wainscot six feet high. 




The marbles here used, as will be observed, comprise the best imported 
French and Italian productions, which were imported and placed in position by 
Dayidson & Sons, of Chicago, and the American marbles used were obtained 
from the quarries of the above firm. This establishment is probably the largest 

consumer of marbles in 



the United States, and 
possesses the best facili- 
ties for supplying and 
putting up marble work 
in buildings, as is evi- 
denced by its important 
contracts in connection 
with the National, State 
and Municipal buildings 
in all parts of the coun- 
try, besides the most im- 
portant hotels and office 
buildings. Warehouse 
and office are located at 
foot of North Market 
Street, Chicago. T li e 
Davidson Sons Marble 
Company is the name of 
a branch establishment 
located in New York, and 
possesses every facility for 
the fulfillment of orders. 





NE of the most attractive features of the Hollenden House is to be found in the broad 
corridors with the hanging of electro-gaseliers and the beautiful opalescent glass 
shades, furnished by the Phoenix Glass Company of Pittsburg, whose show rooms 
at 729 Broadway, New York, are a veritable scene from fairy-land. The introduc- 
tion of Edison's incandescent burners into offices, hotels and private houses was the 
one great opportunity of the company, and they proved equal to it, and developed 
manufacturing resources that have not only made them rich, but 
have made them honored all over the United States. The man 
who knows anything of artistic glass-ware, no sooner sees one of 
their stalactites or bulbs for enclosing an incandescent burner, 
than he says immediately, " that was manufactured by the Phoe- 
nix people of Pittsburg." Nothing more exquisite in material or 
design was ever conceived than those bulbs of opalescent glass 
with ribs of opaque opalescence running through them, which are 
shaped like a budding bunch of bananas when it is still enveloped 
in its spathe. The color, the texture, and the contours are alike 
delightful. Of course no one knows precisely why the company is 
called the Phoenix, but when the archsologist sees some of their striated, 
crimped and fluted opalescent ware, he recognizes what they are trying 
to accomplish. They are after the secret of the ancient Phoenician 
glass, which was known to the Egyptians and the Greeks and Romans, 
and the latter taught it to the Gallo Roman glass-workers of France. 
It survived down to the Carlovingian dynasty and then suddenly was 
lost. Webb, of England, has got a part of the secret, 
and can weld together two plates of different colors, one 
opaque and one transparent, and can by the emery wheel 
produce the same cameo effects as in the famous Portland 
vase. But he cannot run spiral threads of opaque or 
opalescent white through an opaque ground, or a transparent 
ground, and this is precisely what the Phoenix people are trying 
to do. They have already reproduced the effect, but they have 
not yet succeeded in finding the true secret, though they are sure 
to succeed. The ancient glass has been found in immense num- 
bers of pieces in tombs, because it was the fashion in classic days 
to bury with women their dearest possessions, and there was noth- 
ing they valued more than these little bottles that held their per- 
fume. In those days the art of distilling was unknown, and the rich odor of flowers was held in 
oils and fatty substances in these little bottles, and ladies took them to the bath, which was the 
one great luxury of antiquity, being to all classes of women what the opera and the theatre are to 





the women of the 19th century. The peculiar thing about these little 
bottles is that the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans copied so exactly the 
models given by the ancient Phoenicians, that it is impossible to tell the 
difference between them, and they are designated rather according to the 
locality of the tombs in which they were found, than any intrinsic evi- 
dence offered by the objects themselves. The Phcenix Company is not 
only searching for the secret of this glass-ware, but it is taking precious 
hints and suggestions from them for the shapes of the bulbs, but without 
any servile copying. Every man who is well informed upon this par- 
ticular topic looks forward with the most pleasurable an- 
ticipation to the World's Fair, expecting to see a most 
magnificent display by the Pha?nix Company. The United 
States looks to them to uphold our banner in all that relates 
to shades or bulbs. The Phcenix Company also manufac- 
tures admirable cut glass tableware, but in this, though 
they have no superiors, they certainly have some equals. 
It is astonishing, but very gratifying, to the patriotic mind 
to contemplate the enormous advances that have been 
made in cut glass since the Centennial Exhibition, but this 
has been an industry widely diffused, and no one but a jury 






of experts can tell where the supremacy lies. With regard 
to every variety of glass and shade and bulb for electro- 
gaseliers, the Pha?nix Company is far in the advance. No 
description can do justice to the beauty, the elegance and 
the novelty of these objects, which have perhaps hardly been 
comprehended by decorators and manufacturers of electro- 
gaseliers, who have shown very little ingenuity or poetic 
fancy in their creations, and have not met the Phcenix 
Company half way by any means. Strange to say, the 
one firm that has demonstrated the best appreciation of 
the Phrenix ware, is in Philadelphia, a city that has the 
reputation of being sleepy, but which in this particular 
has shown itself more progressive than the most hustling 
cities. So rapid is the advance that is being made that it 
is impossible to give much detail about the Phrenix glass, 
because any description would in twelve months be com- 
pletely antiquated, so that nothing more can be done than 
to indicate the general lines on which rests the com- 
pany's superiority. 



NDOUBTEDLY the wood work of the Hollenden Hotel is one of 
the most conspicuous features, and has been much talked of among 
the traveling public. But comparatively few are aware that very 
much of this splendid wood work was done in Cleveland by the 
native house of Woods, Jenks & Co. To them must be ascribed 
the credit of having furnished the office, the bar, and the billiard room, and the 
fact should be known wherever the mahogany work of the Hollenden forms 
matter of gossip among the traveling public. 

The bar and bar counter are exceedingly elaborate and decorative, more espec- 
ially the former, which is quite a classic production. There is a series of French 
plate mirrors set in a framing of Ionic columns of the most graceful symmetry, and 
with admirably carved fiutings in the shafts. The base of each column rests upon 
the upper shelf, and this is supported by a series of piers directly under the bases 
of the columns. The bar has a centre which faces the bar counter, and two wings 
that face inward, an admirable arrangement because it shows the graceful columns 
in profile, and the bold projection of the wings give unusual spirit and vigor to the 
work. There is a heavy Ionic cornice over the mirrors which extends around the 
two wings, and above this, in the centre, but only in the centre, is an arcade of 
Koman arches resting upon Tuscan columns. The bar counter has a row of single, 
nearly square, panels broken at intervals by piers with some projection, to which 
are fixed the brass brackets and rings that support the rail of the counter. 

In the billiard room the work of Woods, Jenks & Co. is chiefly in the piers 
along the walls that are utilized for cue racks, and in the coffered ceiling. Here 
the cross beams and the longitudinals are so deftly arranged that they form coffers 
that are nearly square, and in this way are themselves divided into sections. The 
panels on the beams run the length of a section, and at the points of intersection 
are adorned with a sunk rosette. There is along the inside line of each beam a well 
carved tooth moulding. The general effect of this wood work is very much 
heightened by the panels of mirrors in the middle of each coffer, and the stained 
glass, simulating Sienna marble, that surrounds it. There is a color harmony 
between the mahogany of the beams and the simulated Sienna that is exceedingly 
attractive. The piers along the walls are, of course, a decorative mask for 
iron beams by which the ceiling is really supported. These iron cores have a 
covering of plaster or terra cotta fire-proofing, and over this comes the sheathing of 
mahogany. To carry out the idea that the wood is the supporting medium, there 
are on the cornice line, along the face of each pier, small brackets, and two on each 




side, but tliese are purely decorative and only bear tbeir own weight. They are well 
carved. On the face of each pier are three longitudinal panels extending from the 
cornice to the dado of the marble wainscoting that makes the circuit of the walls. 
This dado is of mahogany, and is very classic, having three fine mouldings and a 
top that projects considerably with a very graceful swell outward and upward. 

A single row of square panels runs along the front, and below it is some heavy 
but excellent moulding in the base. Where the front curves around towards the 
wall are the grilles before the desks of the cashier and the room clerk, one at each 
end, and these are supported by wood work of the rococo style. There is on 
each side a Corinthian column, charmingly modeled and carved, and beside it is a 
pilaster of the same style, but more ornate, the face being filled in with carved tracery 
of Renaissance character. Over these and over the grille is a heavy cornice re- 
sembling that of a Eoman triumphal arch. Above this cornice rise two consoles 
with a very graceful swell which bear up a rococo pediment. 

The firm of "Woods, Jenks & Co. is composed of Messrs J. L. Woods, Ceo. W. 
Pack, Chas. L. Pack, Green Pack, E. F. Holmes, Pi. H. Jenks, Guy Gray and 
Ealph Gray. The five gentlemen first named form the firm of Pack, Woods & Co., 
of Oscoda, Michigan, one of the most prominent concerns in the country. The 
establishment therefore, possesses the very best connections for the successful pros- 
ecution of work in its line. Woods, Jenks & Co. conduct a wholesale and retail 
business comprehending the lumber business in all its branches, and handling over 
100,000,000 feet per annum. Two mills are operated, mill Xo. 1 being devoted 
to preparatory work, and mill Xo. 2 to the finer grades of mill work, interior 
finish and cabinet work. 

The volume and extent of the business is indicated by the following list of 
works recently completed : Carnegie Library, Allegheny, Pa.; New Federal Build- 
ing and Post-oflBce, Brooklyn, X. Y. ; Xew Government Building, Pittsburgh, Pa.; 
Metropolitan Club House, Washington, D. C; Xew York Central Eailway Stations 
at Tremont, Fordham, Morrisania, Central Morrisania, and Melrose; Stockley Eesi- 
dence, Lakewood, X. .J.; Pack Eesidence, Asheville, X. C; Hayes Mansion, San .Jose, 
California; J. T. Brooks Mansion, Salem, 0.; Hollenden Hotel and Perry-Payne 
Building, Cleveland; also the following residences in Cleveland: Hon. M. A. Hanna, 
Captain L. C. Hanna, Geo. W. Pack, C. F. Emery, W. H. Garlock. Among other 
residences are those of A. Devereaux, Charleston, West Va. ; H. L. Christy, Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.; T. B. Yanalstine and Geo. H. Dougherty, Youngstown, 0.; J. B. 
Storrs, Painesville, 0. ; and the interior for the Memorial Chapel of the Painesville 
(Ohio) Seminary. 



HE Hollenden Hotel possesses everything that can contribute to the 
comfort of the guest, and it is a pleasure to state that this applies 
particularly to the pillows and the other bedding, etc. The pillows 
ai'e made of honest feathers, which at one time afforded proper pro- 
tection to that famous fowl, the goose. They have been subjected 
to the cold blast treatment, and are void of unpleasant odors, quills, or dust, 
having been furnished by the Cold Blast Feather Company of Chicago. The 
average guest feels constrained to thank the Company, as well as the management 
of the hotel, for these modernized pillows, for they are as big an improvement 
over the old style hotel pillow as an electric light is over that of the primordial 
candle. 

It has been only within recent years that the system of treating feathers 
by a cold blast process has been in vogue, but it makes such a vast improvement in 
all kinds of feathers that it is now very largely used, for it is a well-known 
fact that feathers are not conducive to health if not thoroughly cleansed and 
relieved of all odor, quills and dust, and the Cold Blast Feather Company was 
the first to engage in this line of business, and own and control the cold blast 
process covering the United States and Canada. 

The members constituting this company have had large experience, and 
their establishment possesses unsurpassed facilities. They have a practical 





knowledge of all that enters into the manufacture of high class and reliable 
beddings, which gives them a just claim on hotel proprietors and managers. 

This company manufactures all grades of hair and other mattresses " on 
honor" — quality agreed upon is always furnished. The cold blast treatment 
of feathers is the means of deodorizing, purifying, and enlivening them, and 
this is so successfully accomplished in every instance that the feather pillows 
produced by it are not only odorless, but lastingly buoyant. 

A full line of woven wire mattresses, spring beds, cots, cribs, blankets 
and comforters are ma,nufactured by this house complete, and every aid is at 
hand for the filling of the largest orders, and it is fully prepared, as is 
evidenced in this hotel, to furnish the largest hotels with bedding throughout. 
The recherche down goods, quilts, sofa pillows, curled hair tickings, moss, 
tow, wool, excelsior, etc., are very largely handled, and a full line of all 
other bedding supplies are kept in stock for the examination of patrons. 

The president of the company is Louis H. Everts, and the secretary and 
treasurer is Edward A. Everts. Correspondence solicited. Estimates furnished 
when so desired. The company has supplied many other hotels with its pro- 
ductions besides the Hollenden, among which are the Cadillac, Detroit ; the 
Leland, Chicago ; Sherman House, Chicago, and many other prominent hotels 
in every section of the United States. The house is widely and favorably 
known in all sections of the West. Place of business is located at 56 to 66 
West Van Buren Street, Chicago. 




ITHIN the last live years there has been an increasing demand for a better 
grade of hardware, and but for the fact that it is the last thing that is wanted 
to complete a building, a much better grade would always be used, for no 
one ever put on fine hardware and regretted it, for whatever is conspicuous 
should be in harmony with the surroundings, and scarcely anything is more 
conspicuous than hardware. 

There are now many houses in all parts of the country that make a special study of decorative 
hardware, and supply goods in this line that are substantial as well as being in keeping with 
the structure in which they are employed. Such an establishment is that of The W. Bingham 
Company, of Cleveland. It is the second largest concern of the kind in the United States. 

Doubtless the most important contract for builders' hardware recently fulfilled by this 
company was that for the hardware employed in this btiilding, and the several other prominent 
edifices lately erected in Cleveland. The proper fulfillment of such important orders requires the 
services of those thoroughly experienced in the hardware trade, who are capable of giving the 
selection and adjustment of the hardware trimmings the most careful attention, for in the selection 
of such hardware, and in carrying out the special designs of architects, an artistic eye as well as an 
eye single to the fitness of things is absolutely necessary. Hardware suitable for one style of inter- 
ior finish vrould be unsuitable for another. To secure hardware suitable to taste and adaptability 
it is necessary to know that it can only be had by having it made to order, as neither the large 
merchants or manufacturers carry it in stock. This is a class of work which The W. Bingham 
Company is specially prepared to execute, for it has advanced with the steady improvement 
in the hardware trade and is amply prepared to carry out the wishes of architects and builders. 

This company conduct a very extensive business in this line, their operations already reaching 
west to the Pacific. The goods handled are such as the Bower-BarflE rustless iron, plain bronze, 
antique bronze, old copper, plain brass, antique brass, oxidized silver, gold and nickel-plated and 
hand chased goods, wrought iron hinges, escutcheons, grilles and any other hand work that may 
be desired, furnished from special designs. 

The premises occupied are systematically fitted up, and a very large stock of builders' hard- 
ware is constantly carried, the establishment being one of the most complete and well arranged 
hardware stores in the West. Besides the builders' hardware, the company deal largely in railroad 
and other similar supplies, and the stock of mechanics' and machinists' tools is very complete. 

A full line of samples of builders' hardware, produced by the leading manufacturers, who 
cater to the popular taste in fine, artistic hardware, are here to be found, from which a very 
correct idea of the latest and most artistic productions can be obtained. Possessing ample 
capital and buying direct from* the manufacturers in large quantities it is enabled to give 
purchasers the benefit of the lowest prices. 




NE OF the latest additions io tlie great hotels in the United States is 
this imposing structure. It is a monument to the builders' art, and 
in point of excellence it has no superior in the country. 

The great responsibility attached to the erection of this building 
devolved upon Thomas Simmons, of Cleveland, who also built the 
Garfield Memorial and the great Arcade Building, and he is constantly engaged 
in the erection of great works of this character. He is thoroughly familiar 
with every branch of the mechanical arts employed in the construction of build- 
ings, and every detail in connection therewith receives his personal supervision. 

The erection of The Hollenden is one of his most important undertakings, 
and reflects the greatest credit upon his skill as a builder. The huge structure 
has been erected in the most practical manner. The same care has been exercised 
from the footings of the foundations to tlie coping, the materials employed and 
tlie workmanship being uniformly excellent and creditable to all identified with 
the work. Most of the materials employed were furnished and placed in position 
by Cleveland houses and mechanics, so it is a credit to the city, the great develop- 
ment that has been made in all lines of the building trade in recent years being 
here represented. 

Mr. Simmons had the contract for the general construction of the building, 
and while its design exhibits no distinct architectural style, he has completed his 
work most creditably, and it can properly be claimed a very substantial and 
enduring structure. The interior is made very cheerful by the several tiers of bay 
windows, and though they break up the fayade of the building, the rooms facing 
the street are made far more cheerful than they otherwise would be. 

The basement and first story walls are of light-colored sandstone, and the 
upper six stories are of red pressed brick with sandstone trimmings. Among the 
other prominent buildings erected by Mr. Simmons are the Wade Building, 
Savings & Trust Co. Bank, Nottingham Block, Benedict Block, Standard Oil 
Block, Lenox Building, Euclid Ave. Block, and many others. Consequently, 
he is prepared at all times to estimate upon the construction of every style of 
building. 




GEEAT quantity of polished and chipped, plate and fancy glass has 
been employed in the erection of the Hollenden. 

Perhaps no feature of the building is more noticeable than 
the glass, which is very clear and uniform and affords the largest 
degree of satisfaction to the guests ; for nothing can afford 
greater pleasure or cheerfulness than huge windows glazed with 
large panes of glass, aiiording proper protection and at the same time admitting 
the cheer of sunny days. The chipped plate glass and blended colors of leaded 
glass in the oflS.ce ceiling are rendered especially attractive at night by the light 
of electric lamps. 

The contract for all the glass in the Hollenden Hotel was awarded to the Van 
Oleve Glass Co., of Cleveland, doubtless the best known house in Cleveland 
engaged in this line of trade. The members of the company possess a thorough 
knowledge of every department of the glass trade, both manufacturing and other- 
wise, and to their insight is due the excellent success which they have achieved. 

A very large stock of polished plate and other glass is constantly carried, includ- 
ing mirrors and all kinds of chipped plate and double thick glass, as well as skylight, 
ground, colored, enameled, cathedral, ondoyant and ornamental glass. Extensive 
importations are being constantly made by this house, and its special facilities and 
connections with importers and close alliance with the leading manufacturers of 
this country place it in the foremost rank of the great glass concerns of the 
United States. 

To give an idea of the extent of window and all other polished plate and 
chipped plate glass entering into the Hollenden Hotel, it may be stated that the 
total aggregated nearly 15,000 square feet of polished plate window glass, 2,000 
square feet of chipped plate glass, and 4,000 square feet of window glass. 

Few industries in the country have made greater progress in recent years than 
that devoted to the manufacture of glass. It has been so excellently developed 
that at the present time the American plate glass is regarded as equal in every 
respect to the best European productions. 

In addition to the Hollenden, the Van Oleve Glass Co. also furnished all the 
interior glass for the Perry- Payne Building and the Young Men's Christian Associ- 
ation Building and many others. It has also been awarded the contract for the 
glass for the street lamps throughout the city, and such public school buildings as 
the Willson Avenue High School, the Hough Avenue Grammar School, and the 
Case Avenue Grammar School and scores of handsome residences in all sections of 
the city. 




•NG the leading houses in Cleveland and the West is that of the Born Steel Range 
& Manufacturing Company. The kitchen of the Hollenden was supplied with 
its entire outfit by this firm, embracing ranges, broilers, carving table, steam 
table and cooking utensils, sauce pans, jacket kettles, etc. 

The ranges are of unquestioned reliability, have long been in use in the lead- 
ing hotels and restaurants, and possess a large share of popularity. 

This house was originally established in 1847 and now controls an extensive 
trade. A specialty is made of the manufacture of steel plate ranges and bake ovens and complete 
hotel and restaurant kitchen outfits, also hot air furnaces and laundry stoves. Aside from this, 
tin, copper, and sheet iron work is extensively carried on. 

This company has recently succeeded to the business of the old firm of F. & H. Born, and is 
prepared to maintain the high reputation of the house in all goods turned out. Estimates for any 
and all descriptions of cooking and heating apparatus are furnished when desired. The manufac- 
tory is well appointed and possesses every facility for the rapid fulfillment of orders. The carving 
tables, jacket kettles, broilers, etc., are of very superior make and are extensively used. The sales- 
rooms are located at 128 Superior Street, Cleveland, Ohio, and the Company is building a large 
factory at Gallon, Ohio. 

The following establishments in Cleveland and the State of Ohio have been furnished with 
kitchen utensils by this Company : 





Cleveland. 


Coit's House, 


Glenville, Ohio. 


The "Wilmot, 




Children's Home, 


Canal Dover, Ohio 






Northern Ohio Insane Asylum, 




The " Normandie,'' 






Valley Junction, " 


Belmont Co., Infirmary, . . . . 






Gallon, " 


The American House, 




The Sanitarium, 


Green Springs, " 


The " Lincoln," 




Yellow Springs House, .... 


Yellow Springs, •' 


City Hospital, 




American House, 


Mtdina, " 


Lakeside Hospital, 




Grand Central Hotel, 


Columbus, " 






Drovers' Home 


CoUinwood, " 






Baldwin University, 


Berea, " 






Ohio Working Home for the Blind, 


Columbus, " 


Manual Training School, . . . . 




Dover Bay Club, 


Dover Bay Park, " 


Home for Aged Israelites, . . . . 




St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum, . . 


Louisville, " 


Jewish Orphan Asylum, . . . . 




The Erie County Infirmary, . . 


Sanduskj', " 








Kent. 








Lorain, " 






" The Tuscarawas Children's Home 




Sister's Home (Lake Ave.), . . . 




The Children's Home, 


Akron, " 


St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum, . . 




The StockweU House, 


Painesville, " 






The Gibson House, 


Crestline, " 


" The Livingstone," 




The Continental Hotel, .... 




The New Wright House, . . . . 




The St. Charles Hotel, .... 


Nor walk, ■ ' 


The City Infirmary, 






Alliance, " 


Stranahan's Restaurant, "Arcade," 






Tiffin, 


The Adelbert College 




The Shawhau House, 




The Striebinger House, 




The Put-in-Bay House 


Put-in-Bay, " 


The St. Ignatius College, . . . . 




Eureka Mineral Springs Hotel, 


Saegerstown, Pa. 






The Willard House, 


Butler, 


The "Dieboldt Place," 




The Home Hotel 


Pittsburg, " 




Elyria, Ohio. 


J. Stroup's Restaurant, .... 








The Fountain House, 


New Castle, " 



And others are omitted for want of space. 




HE WELL-KNOWN house of the Archer Manufacturing Company 
still continues to turn out work that for style and durability is 
unsurpassed. There is hardly a hotel in the country of any 
account that has a barber shop connected with it but has an Archer 
chair. There is no secret why the Archer chairs are sought after, 
why they are used, and why they command the highest price of any 
such chair in the market. Hotel men well know that when they buy an Archer 
Barber Chair they obtain the best. There are none better. They can be relied on ; 
they are honest from top to bottom. Easy, comfortable, graceful in their outlines, 
they always command the attention of a customer the moment he enters a room 
where they are used. If the barber is an artist in his profession, then the luxury 
of shaving is complete, as the comfort of the chair is at once noticed by the occu- 
pant. Some thirty years ago or more the Archer Manufacturing Company was 
started in a small way in a little 10x12 room in the then small city of Eochester. 
Their work was so well done, and their chairs gave such satisfaction, their trade 
increased until they enlarged their quarters. They were obliged to move from 
time to time to more commodious premises, and at last they bought the building 
they now occupy, which has been twice enlarged, both in length and height, and 
still every inch of it is used. Their trade extends all over the United States, 
South America, and Europe ; and once in a while an order comes floating in from 
Japan ; while Norway and Sweden also have the Archer chairs within their 
borders. 

Among the large and elegant hotels in this country that are using these 
celebrated chairs we would mention the Plaza and Metropole, in New York ; the 
Broezel and Iroquois, Buffalo ; the Hollenden, Cleveland ; Hotel Frontenac, 
Kingston, Ont. ; the Midland, Kansas City ; the Palace, San Francisco ; and so 
you can go from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the great Chain of Lakes to 
the Gulf of Mexico, and you will find the Archer chairs. Their office and factory 
in Eochester, N. Y., is busy from morning until night shipping and billing 
goods to all parts of the world. We would advise our readers when in New York 
City to step in their branch office and warerooms, No. 223 Canal Street, and look 
over their stock. They can show you good barber chairs for a small amount 
of money, and from that up as high as you may want to go. Their boot- black 
stands for hotels are well worth your attention. Send for catalogues having 
their different styles of Barber Chairs, Shampoo Stool, Children's Hair- Dressing 
Chairs, Ladies' Hair-Dressing Chair, etc. 




N the erection of the Hollenden Hotel every advantage was taken 
of the modern improvements now employed in the construction of 
representative buildings, and one of the most important of these 
was the Eoebling Standard Fire-Proof Wire Lathing, manufactured 
by the New Jersey Wire Cloth Company, of Trenton. It possesses 
many advantages over wood lathing and several that are not found 
in any other wire lathing. It affords protection against fire, which wood lath 
does not do, and the increased cost incurred by using it in place of wooden 
lathing amounts to only a small percentage of the total cost of any building. 
Then it can be applied by any ordinary mechanic, which makes it adaptable for 
use in small towns and on country residences, as well as in the cities where the 
mechanic is familiar with its use. The stiffening bars tie the joints together, 
giving rigidity to the whole in the same manner as wood lath, an advantage 
possessed by no other wire lathing. The mortar obtains a perfect key when ap- 
plied to wire lathing. It can not fall off or crack, and in that manner disfigure 
the walls and ceilings. In buildings where it is not used it can be applied to those 
parts of partition Avails in front of hot-air pipes and in the vicinity of iiues, thus 
securing protection in the most dangerous j)laces. Special widths are made by 
the New Jersey Wire Cloth Co. for this purjDose. 

It is far superior to metallic lathing, with which it is sometimes confused. 
The body of metal is so large in metallic lathing that the exj^ansion caused by heat 
breaks the key of the mortar and lets it fall, thus exposing the joists and studding 
to the flames, while with wire lathing the ex^Dansion is so imperceptible as to show 
no effect whatever on the plaster. It requires no furring in its application. 
A smaller wire can be used and the proper stiffness be maintained, thus materially 
reducing the cost, and it is more easily and rapidly applied. Then it requires a 
smaller number of fastenings to the square yard, and these are nails and not the 
more expensive and less convenient staples. It can be applied directly to brick 
walls, and yet have suflBcient air space to prevent dampness. It gives a coat of 
mortar uniform thickness, which, having no contact with the joists or studding, 
is not liable to crack, and it thoroughly protects the structural parts which it 
covers from the evil effects of fire. 




HE HARDWOOD FINISH of the public apartments of the HoUen- 
den Hotel is of chaste designs, and excellently finished. The 
material was manufactured by Mr. L. Eichardson, of Cleveland, who 
has no superior in this branch of industry. He conducts an exten- 
sive trade, which extends to many leading cities outside of Cleveland, and he possesses 
wide-spread influential connections, and has special facilities for undertaking the 
most extensive contracts for the manufacture of interior hardwood finish, especially 
of high class work. 

The grand dining room of this hotel has been richly treated throughout. Here 
the general interior hardwood trim has been especially designed and artistically 
finished in mahogany, making it one of the finest and most cheerfully appointed 
dining rooms in the country. The intricately carved panels of the several 
pedestals supporting the pilasters in this apartment are deserving of marked 
attention, and the ingleuook in the ladies' ordinary has been charmingly treated, 
being one of the most agreeable features to be found in any of the public rooms. 

The carved capitals of the columns on either side of the reading room which 
support the ceiling have been very finely executed, and clearly exhibit what Mr. 
Eichardson is capable of in the preparation of artistic hardwood finish for build- 
ings. Then the handsomely proportioned mantel is a noticeable feature, and 
worthily represents the skill possessed by him in the successful carrying out of 
the designs of the architects. 

That he gave his particular personal attention to the completion of this work is 
evidenced by the uniform color and grain of the woods selected, for all his pro- 




ductions in this hotel are from special designs and in keeping with the character 
of the superb structure. 

Mr. Eichardson has been engaged in this line of business for a score of years, 
and is thoroughly familiar with every detail in the manufacture of high class inte- 
rior finish. His name is usually identified with the best work in Cleveland, and he 
is numbered among those who have made marked advances in recent years, secur- 
ing an eminently prominent position in the trade, and being included among the 
foremost establishments in the United States identified with this line of artistic 
productions. 

Owing to the constantly growing trade he lately removed to his present com- 
modious premises on Hamilton Street, between Case and "Wasson streets. The 
plant comprises a complete modern equipment, including a most comprehensive 
line of wood-working machinery, operated by steam power. The dimensions of the 
establishment are 200 by 280 feet, and the building has been designed to meet 
every requirement of the trade, affording ample accommodation for storing lumber 
prior to its manufacture, which enables him to guarantee the best results in all his 
works, for he is careful not to employ lumber for interior finish until it has been 
thoroughly seasoned. 

He not only is prepared to contract for the entire interior finish of buildings, 
treating them in any desired style, but is also engaged in the manufacture of 
mantels, cabinets, wainscots, staircases, etc., in plain and fancy woods. He has 
executed many important contracts for leading structures in this city, Pittsburgh, 
and elsewhere. 



UCH CREDIT IS DUE J. W. Vanderwerf for the superb manner in which he 
/ iWi carried out the wishes of the architect in the finish of the several public apart- 




ments of the hotel. To him was assigned the important task of placing in 
position all the hardwood finish in the public rooms, comprising the main 
ofiice or exchange, dining room, reading room, bar room, billiard room, barber 
shop, etc., and it is undoubtedly the best exhibit of interior hardwood finish to be found in the 
city. In addition to this he did all the structural woodwork in the building, for which he 
possesses special facilities. 

Mr. Vanderwerf is a thoroughly practical and experienced contractor and builder, possessing 
an accurate knowledge of every detail in connection with the construction of buildings, and has 
carried through to completion important contracts in connection with some of the largest struc- 
tures. He has developed his business to very gratifying proportions, and is constantly engaged in 
the execution of contracts for Cleveland's leading architects and builders. He is a general con- 
tractor and builder, and will furnish estimates for all kinds of work, making a specialty of interior 
hardwood finish. All those in his employ are thoroughly experienced mechanics, a guarantee of 
first-class work. He gives his closest supervision to all his undertakings, resulting in the satisfac- 
tory completion of all his commissions. His facilities are such that he is enabled to do jobbing of 
all descriptions with promptness and dispatch. 

In connection with his general business as carpenter and builder, he is also a manufacturer and 
dealer in wood carpet and parquet floors, Bury's patent window ventilators, Prescott trackless door 
hangers. Wilier sliding blinds, window screens and weather strips, all of which are standard 
productions, and have a large sale. 

His work in many buildings in Cleveland, in the laying of parquet floors, is very creditable. 
This form of floor covering conforms admirably with any style of decoration employed. He is 
enabled, owing to his large experience and special facilities at hand, to execute work at reasonable 



prices and with accuracy and dispatch. A 
large and varied stock of mosaic wood 
^ - tiles and parquet flooring is con- 

r^^^ stantly kept in stock, and he is 

thus enabled to offer the 
choicest assortment at the 
lowest market rates, and 
holds the front rank 
in this line of his 
business, both as to 
character of pa- 
trons and volume 
of business. 

Among the 
prominent build- 
ings with which he 
has recently been 
identified in the 
line of interior 
hardwood finish, 
are such as the fol- 
lowing residences 
of Clarence Burke, 
Dr. I. N. Himes 
, ^ and Mrs. 
v i:; :: Dr. Gor- 




NE of the many admirable features in this building is the use of 
mineral wool for deadening sound. For this purpose it has been 
largely employed in the construction of the floors and partitions, and 
was supplied by the Western Mineral Wool Company of Cleveland. 
It possesses especial value as a non-conductor of sound. Its inelasticity and 
want of solidity prevents the transmission of sound through it, and it is fast 
becoming popular as a "deadener" or "deafener" of the iloors and walls of 
buildings. As sound is communicated by the actual contact of beams, and par- 
ticularly by the vibration of the air between them, it can be well understood how 
a porous material like mineral wool will have a muffling influence on the solid 
parts of the building, and so occupy the space that the wave motion will not be 
possible. No other material in general use for heat-proofing and fire-proofing 
possesses also the property of sound-proofing. 

One of the most important qualities of this material is its unequalled power 
to resist the transmission of heat and cold. No other material, either natural or 
manufactured, wliich can be used practically in the arts, approaches this non- 
conductor of heat. In protecting water pipes from freezing it has been eminently 
successful, where all other means have failed. Its free use for this purpose will 
relieve the householder and manufacturer from the serious annoyance and loss 
resulting from freezing pipes. Then as a protection against fire, properly used, 
it may be of inestimable value. If the spaces between timbers are filled with this 
indestructible material, should fire get started in the building, the flames cannot 
spread through hidden passages, thus conveying the destroying agency, with great 
rapidity, to all parts of the structure, but can only progress as they work their 
way, exposed to sight, along the outer surface of the walls and floors. 




Mineral wool is fast grow- 
ing in favor and is being put 
to new uses constantly, it be- 
ing found adapted to purposes 
not thought of hitherto. It 
is, however, especially valu- 
able as applied to buildings, 
railroad cars, steam pipes and 
boilers and other places where 
insulation is desirable. It 
has been successfully employ- 
ed in packing house storage- 
rooms, cold storage houses, breweries, etc., as well as in tanneries, hospitals and 
asylums, schoolhouses, etc., public halls, and theatres, hotels, business blocks, 
etc., and in dwellings, apartment houses and iiats. Among the many buildings 
in which it has been used and a few of the prominent concerns emj)loying 
extensively are such as 




The Arcade Building, 
Hollenden Hotel, . . 
Cyclorama Building, 
Wcddell 
Clarence 
Livingstone 
Kendall 
Nottingham 
Residence Wm. Chisholm 

S. T. Everett, 
Palmer House, 



Cleveland. Richelieu Hotel 

Leland " .... 

" Centropolis " 

" Midland " .... 

" Armour Packing Co 

" Union Cold Storage Co., . 
" St. Louis Refrigerating Co. 
" Borge Packing Co 

Anheuser Birch Brewing Co. 
" Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co., . 

Chicago. And many others. 



Chicago. 
Kansas City. 



Chicago. 
St. Louis. 
Sioux City, la. 
St. Louis. 
. Milwaukee. 



TEAM PUMPS are of considerable importance in connection with 
such a large plant as that installed in the Hollenden. Nearly all 
of those used were supplied by the Hughes Steam Pump Company, 
of Cleveland. The improved duplex pump of this company is used 
for the front elevators in the hotel, and one is also employed for the 
boilers. That employed for the elevators has a capacity for 1,000,000 gallons per 
34 hours. It is of special construction, and was especially made for the service it is 
now rendering. It is of extra heavy material, and has a 20-inch steam cylinder, 
a 12-inch water cylinder, and an 18-inch stroke. 

It is proper to state here that the duplex steam pumps manufactured by this 
company are of new and improved design. The long experience of the company 
in the line of pumping machinery, and a careful study of the subject, has enabled 
it to place upon the market a thoroughly first-class pump, which is an improvement 
over all makes of duplex pumps. Great attention has been given to the economi- 
cal use of steam, as well as pumping capacity and durability of construction, and 
all working parts are made with a view of reducing friction to a minimum, and the 
steam cylinders, steam chest and steam pistons are fitted with extraordinary care. 
All steam users will readily appreciate this point. 

This company is extensively engaged in the manufacture of improved steam 
pumps for every possible service. They embrace boiler feeding and pressure 
pumps for hot and cold water or other liquids, which are fitted with a patent valve 
motion that is guaranteed never to "center"; the improved plunger pump, double 
acting, adapted for mines, rolling-mills, hoists, etc., where heavy work is required; 
tank pumps for light service, for moving large quantities of liquids, and when 
required the cylinders are made of material that will withstand the action of cor- 
rosive liquids; brewery pumps, for hot or cold beer, mash, etc., capable of pumping 
liquids of any consistency, and are warranted not to clog; and the combined pump 
and boiler, for use in hotels, public buildings, private residences, and railroad 
water stations, is deservedly popular, and every machine is fully warranted. 

There are many other pumps which could be named here, including such as 
mining pumps, vertical sinking pumps, low pressure steam pumps, dii'ect action 
hydraulic pressure pumps, and the improved air pump and condenser. The com- • 
pany also manufactures direct acting blowing pumps for oil refineries, chemical 




works, breweries, etc. These blowers are well made and carefully put together, 
and the steam cylinders are fitted with this company's patent valve motion, which 
permits the running of the piston in the blower cylinder close to the cylinder 
heads without danger of striking. 

The several patterns of duplex pumps, which are becoming so popular, consist 
of the regular piston pattern, for general service, such as boiler feeding and for 
hydi'aulic elevators ; the fire pump, which is always reliable and always ready for 
immediate use, the result of a most thorough and exhaustive examination and dili- 
gent, careful study and inquiry as to the best design and arrangement of parts 
necessary for the severe duties of a fire pump, thus producing an entirely new pat- 
tern covering all the latest improvements; tank pumps for low service, designed 
for use in connection with railway water stations, oil 
tanks, and places where liquids are to be raised to 
moderate heights with ordinary steam pressure ; 
special brewery pumps, which are unequalled for brine 
systems, the valves and areas of which are made 
very large, so as to enable these pumps to work 
easily and readily the liquids and compounds used 
in breweries ; the piston pattern oil line pumps, 
which are furnished with or without removable cyl- 
inder; plunger pumjjs for oil lines, hydraulic ma- 
chinery, mines, and all places where a pump must 
work against 
very heavy pres- 
sure. The plun- 
ger minepumps 
are similarly 
used, while the 
compound du- 
plex pump is 
employed for 
waterworks 
for cities, towns 
and villages, 
and for mills. 




OOD PLUMBINGf is of prime importance in all buildings, 
and is now receiving more careful consideration at the 
hands of architects and others interested in first-class 
building operations than ever before. It is undoubtedly of greater im- 
portance in connection with a great hotel, such as The Hollenden, for 
much depends upon the plumbing in securing the best service and 
necessary conveniences in such an establishment, and it is absolutely 
necessary that both the materials and workmanship should be of the best 
in every particular, tlie end of good plumbing being to provide a means 
of conveying soil into the sewers without allowing any air from the 
drains or soil pipes to pass into tlie building either through the fissures 
or through leaks in the pipes, and it can safely be said that the plumbing 
in The Hollenden Hotel is of such a character. 

In the selection of the proper person possessing the necessary scien- 
tific and practical knowledge peculiar to the gas fitting and drainage 
and ventilation, and the executive ability to correctly plan and per- 
sonally supervise the work in a satisfactory, practical, and economical 
manner, was a matter of prime importance, and after thorough inves- 
tigation and careful consideration the contract for this eminently import- 
ant work was assigned by the architects, through the owners, to Peter 




Desiioyers, successor to Desnoyers Brothers, perhaps the best equipped 
individual in Cleveland for the successful prosecution of the important 
task set before him. Every detail of the plumbing was fully and care- 
fully carried out under his personal sufjervision, and this is why the 
lavatories and all connections to the various bath-rooms throughout the 
hotel have given such uniform satisfaction. 

He has established a reputation in this vicinity for the superiority of 
his work in every department. He is a practical sanitary engineer and 
unites every possible qualification for the successful execution of his 
numerous contracts. He does only the finest work, with which he has 
been prominently identified since he first established his business in 1875. 
He possesses special facilities, including vast practical experience, and a 
thorough knoAvledge of the most advanced requirements of sanitary 
plumbing, and influential connections. An idea of the character of work 
executed by him may be gained by an examination of several of the fore- 
most structures in this city. Plumbing and gas fitting in all branches, 
and repairing and jobbing, receive the best attention. In every branch 
of his trade he is prepared to compete with any of his contemporaries, 
and he may be implicitly depended upon to jjerform all work with 
promptness. 



ITH the advanced methods of architecture and the necessity of 
lofty buildings for all purposes of residence, commerce and 
manufacturing, it is an absolute necessity to introduce a first- 
class elevator, one that in its design, construction and means 
of propulsion shall be capable of the most arduous service, and 
insure absolute safety and permanent efficiency. 

The United States is justly noted for the many material improvements in 
all departments of mechanics, and it has been more progressive in the pro- 
duction of labor-saving inventions than any other country in the world, and 
doubtless no invention of modern times has met with more general favor than 
the hydraulic elevator. The elevators of this class that are manufactured and 
installed by the Barrett Elevator Company possess every element of safety, 
comfort and rapidity. They meet evei'y requirement, and are gaining an 
extended reputation for reliability throughout the country. They are designed 
after the most approved scientific and mechanical principles, and satisfaction in 
every respect is assured. This company is one of the most progressive engaged 
in this line of manufacture, and is sufficiently competent to secure the most 
complete satisfaction in every case. 

The Barrett Elevator Company grew out of the old Barrett Machine 
Company, a concern with an enviable reputation in Cleveland as machinists 
and builders of machinery for upwards of a quarter of a century. The Ele- 
vator Company began operations in 1882, and thus continued until February 6, 
1889, when it was succeeded by the Barrett Elevator Company, organized with 
a paid-up capital of 150,000, and which entered upon business with widespread 
infiuential connections and prospects of the most favorable character, under the 
direct guidance of Mr. CI. W. Barrett, M. E., and shop superintendence of Mr. 
E. A. Edmonds. The President, J. W. Walton, Esq., is very widely and 
favorably known throughout commercial circles, and is interested in other 
large enterprises. He is a business man of the soundest judgment and marked 
executive capacity, and no one is better qualified to advance the company's 
interests. The Vice-President, Mr. A. M. Cole, is a resident of Akron, Ohio, 




and President of the City National Bank at that place, Mr. F. Honghton as 
Secretary is in charge of the office. 

The concern was previously located on Centre Street, removing thence in 
1889 to the present commodious premises, 84 and 86 Champlain Street, occupying 
two floors and basement, 75 feet by 100 in dimensions, which are completely 
fitted up with improved machinery and appliances. Upwards of 50 hands are 
here employed in the manufacture of hydraulic, steam and electric passenger 
and freight elevators of all styles and sizes. Mr. Barrett has devoted 25 years' 
study to the improvement of elevators, and has achieved a remarkable success. 
The company owns 23 patents of his, which cover the most valuable improve- 
ments ever made in elevators, and represent perfected mechanism that cannot 
possibly be duplicated elsewhere. The Barrett elevators are as nearly noiseless as it is 
possible to make elevators ; are the smoothest running, and most economical of 
power. These splendid machines cannot be compared with the makes oT inferior 
grades as there are improved features in the Barrett which cost more 
than the entire plant of the cheap" elevators manufactured in various sections 
of the United States. Among other points of superiority, it need scarcely be 
added that safety is the first consideration, and all cables, lifting gear, etc., are 
of triple the strength of all strain ever brought to bear upon them, while the 
safety catch of the Barrett allows the platform to gain no momentum whatever, 
as it arrests the elevator before it falls over an inch. Its passenger elevators 
are elegant, commodious and fast, while its freight elevators are powerful, 
speedy, and labor-saving. 

The comj^any refers to such eminent concerns as the Standard Oil Company, 
Hollenden Hotel, Forest City House, Masonic Temple, City Infirmary, " Plain 
Dealer" office, Globe Iron Works, Cleveland ; Seiberling Office Building, Akron ; 
Grand Central Hotel, Columbus ; Diieber Watch Case Co., Canton ; Northern 
Ohio Insane Asylum, and hundreds of others. Those interested and wanting 
the best and most serviceable elevator should send to the company for its illustrated 
descriptive pamphlet. The company makes a special study of the wants of 
each customer, and nowhei'e is such entire satisfaction guaranteed. 



THE REVIVAL of taste in respect 
to internal decorations of buildings 
has been very marked of late years. 
This has been greatly encouraged and 
given a new impetus by architects and 
designers of interior finish for build- 
ings, -who have given special and origi- 
nal drawings to the manufacturers of 
articles in keeping with the varied 
styles of architecture, which necessi- 
tates the representative houses keeping 
their own staflE of modellers and pat- 
tern-makers, and has, consequently, 
led to the continuous introduction of 
new and artistic designs. No house 
has advanced to the front more prom- 
inently in this particular than the 
firm of Heidenreich & Stephan, of 
which their work in this hotel is a 
striking evidence, the varied beauty and correctness of which is worthy of special 
reference. 

The above firm did some of the most artistic work in this structure, which has 
been very creditably spoken of by all who have taken the opportunity to examine it, 
and indicates the high class of productions of which they are capable. Doubtless 
the most important decorative work executed by them is that of the ceiling in the 
grand dining room. Here they have shown marked skill in the treatment of the 
handsomely proportioned panels. The most intricate designs in stucco have been 
delicately handled and artistically treated, affording a superb finish to the several 
panels, into which the ceiling is divided, and forming a notably cheerful appear- 
ance to the entire room. Other features of their work in this room are the 
chastely carved hardwood festoons as observed in the corner balconies of the room, 




and the gracefully fashioned capitals of the pilasters. But a very attractive and 
creditable design produced by this firm, and which possesses much artistic merit, 
is that to be observed in the tympanums over the great doorways and recesses in 
both ends of the room, and which open into it. Distinctive designs have been 
wrought for each tympanum. They are characteristic pieces, and have been very 
cleverly worked in scrolls and other forms, and the lintels are treated in harmony 
with it, which tends to add a bit of substantiality to the designs, forming a basis 
upon which they are apparently built, while it gives architectural dignity to the 
whole. The spandrels of the several arches have been appropriately treated with 
triangular designs. Aside from their elf orts as shown in the dining room, they also 
carved the capitals to the columns in the bar room. 

There are many evidences of their superior workmanship to be seen in Cleve- 
land, notably the main entrance and principal stairway of the recently completed 
building of the Young Men's Christian Association, as, also, the hardwood mantels 
and many other specially designed and artistic features of the principal apart- 
ments, which, perhaps, add more to the superb finish and artistic appointments of 
the several rooms than anything else. They were also prominently identified with 
the interior decoration and finish of St. Stanislaus Church, probably the finest 
modern church edifice in the city. Very fine work is being constantly executed 
for private residences by this firm, and their latest productions in this line 
have been for the residences of Mr. William Chisholm, Mr. Julius French, Mr. 
M. A. Hanna, Mr. Samuel Mather, and Mr. William Bingham, and a number 
of others. 

Messrs. Heidenreich & Stephan give constant employment to forty of the 
most skillful workmen. The members of the firm are artists of acknowledged 
reputation and ability, and are prepared to do any class of carving on stone or 
wood, and stucco work, possessing the requisite knowledge and a very thorough 
experience in every detail of such work ; and it is owing in no small degree 
to such firms as the one here referred to that Cleveland has been able to 
gain and hold a foremost position among the thriving manufacturing cities of 
the West. 



HE HEATING of this hotel is one of the many important features 
in its equipment ; in fact, it is of prime importance, and required 
the services of thoroughly practical mechanical engineers. The 
heating is by exhaust steam from the engines and pumps, which 
are supplied by four boilers, the additional heat which is re- 
quired during the colder weather being taken direct from the boilers through 
a differential valve, making a combination of exhaust and live steam heating 
apparatus. 

The installation of this important heating plant was executed by Messrs. 
Chafer & Becker, of Cleveland, and the good service which it has given since in 
operation proves conclusively that the firm is capable of carrying to successful 
completion the smallest and largest contracts for heating buildings by steam. 
They furnished the boilers, radiators, and all steam pipes employed, which 
indicates their large resources for such work. 

In no department of modern mechanical science has more progress or satisfac- 
tory results been attained than in the methods adopted for heating public and 
private buildings by steam. But unless the work of equipping buildings with 
steam-heating apparatus is done by an ex^ierienced mechanic, the most annoyiog 
results are sure to follow. Hence the services of such experienced engineers as the 
members of the above firm are necessary in order to secure perfect satisfaction. 
There is scarcely a building of importance in any city in the United States that is 
not supplied with the necessary steam -heating apparatus, and the great popularity 
of this method of heating is due to its cheapness and the uniformity of heat 
furnished, thus making it desirable both financially and physically. 

Estimates are furnished upon application, and the firm is prepared to enter 
into contracts of any magnitude for the complete fitting up of factories, public 
and private buildings, with high and low pressure steam-heating apparatus, 
including the system of exhaust heating and heating by hot water. A large force 
of skilled mechanics is constantly employed, and the business of the firm is being 
pushed to proportions of greater importance. Place of business is located at 
8 Champlain Street, Cleveland. 




OUBTLESS DO part of the interior finish of the Office Exchange 
and main dining-room is more prominent and worthy of mention 
than the artistic stained glass, wrouglit from special designs 
of the architect by Mr. Geo. F. Woodman, of Cleveland. 

In the Exchange, or main office, it is observed with pleasure. 
Here the skylight is paneled with it, and the tympanums of the several arches 
are filled in with very choice designs, which have been admirably carried out. 
The dining-room has been treated in a similar manner, though the designs 
are of a different character and in keeping with the apartment. Mr. Wood- 
man's productions in the form of stained glass are also noticeable in other 
portions of the building, all of which reflect the greatest credit upon his skill 
as a producer of artistic stained glass. 

Though Mr. Woodman has been engaged in this business but a few years, 
he has built up a prosperous trade, owing to the superiority of his products 
and his rare ability for such work ; for it is well known that the secret of 
success in this line is a cultivated taste, enabling the designer to represent 
on glass, in an artistic manner, the various subjects to be treated, which 
embrace a large and comprehensive number. He has a corps of trained and 
talented designers that have produced much very creditable work. A specialty 
is made of high art work in Mosaic stained glass. 

The productions of this house are equal in artistic merit to those of 
older establishments in Eastern cities, and, as a consequence, it has achieved 
a notable prestige largely through the marked originality and exclusive char- 
acter of its designs, combined with the most masterly execution. All kinds of 
glass in special designs for churches, dwellings, halls, public buildings, etc., 
are produced, including ornamental, stained, enameled, embossed and colored 
glass. Domestic work is made a specialty. Everything is done to render the 
utmost satisfaction to patrons. The trade of the house extends to all parts of 
the country, reaching as far south as Texas. Place of business is located at 
528 Woodlawn Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. 





^^^&TTRACTED by the well-disposed exhibit of fire-places, mantels, electric 



the labyrinth of rooms, all fitted up in different styles, we were fairly bewildered by the 
endless variety of artistic fire places, mantels, metal tables, pedestals, easels, electric and 
other light fixtures, chandeliers, lamps, etc., the latter made in combinations of onyx, brass, 
gold and silver. 

This company since its incorporation in 1887, when it succeeded to the interior woodwork and 
mantel business of The A. S. Herenden Furniture Company, has been to the fore, constantly ex- 
tending, developing and enhancing its manufacture and increasing its imports. It designs and 
manufactures everything requisite to fire-place treatment, and exhibits in its show-rooms many 
unique specimens of wrought and cast metal work in iron, steel, copper, and brass, of both 
American and foreign manufacture. 

In addition to the business indicated by its corporate title, the company conducts a very ex- 
tensive electric and gas fixture business, and in this line it has recently been identified with many 
of the most important and notable architectural works in this section of the country. This depart- 
ment is given the personal attention and supervision of Mr. Charles H. Pritchard, than whom none 
is more conversant and capable. 

The Conger & Collings Mantel Company is capable of anything that may be required of it in 
its respective lines of interior equipment and furnishing, and this is evidenced by the completion 
of its recent works, among which may be mentioned the residences of M. A. Hanna, L. C. Hanna, 
William Chisholm, W. J. White, Isaac Leisy, F. Rockefeller, Bishop W. Leonard, J. K. Bole, of 
Cleveland, and the following churches and institutions : Baptist Church, second Presbyterian, St. 
Stanislaus, Y. M. C. A. building, as, also, the Arcade, Union Club, Society for Savings, Hollenden 
Hotel, Bradley Block. Other important work executed by this company can be observed at many 
different points outside the city, among which are the residences of E. A. Hayes, San Jose, Cali- 
fornia; J. O. Hayes, San Jose, California; Mrs. Chynoweth, San Jose, California; P. P. Mast, 
Springfield, O.; J. W. Ellsworth, Chicago, 111.; H. Abraham, New Orleans, La ; Dr. Gibson, 
Macon, Ga.; Leander Rainy, New Castle, Pa., and many olhers. 



and gas fixtures in the show windows of the Conger & Collings Mantel 
Company, at Nos. 217-223 Euclid Avenue (Cyclorama Building), we stepped 
inside and accepting the invitation of Mr. Collings, and being shown through 



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